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The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis
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vigāhya tasminn amṛtāmbu nirmalam hemāravindotpala-reṇu-rūṣitam papau nikāmam nija-puṣkaroddhṛtam ātmānam adbhiḥ snapayan gata-klamaḥ
vigāhya —entering;  tasmin —into the lake;  amṛta-ambu —water as pure as nectar;  nirmalam —crystal clear;  hema —very cold;  aravinda-utpala —from the lilies and lotuses;  reṇu —with the dust;  rūṣitam —which was mixed;  papau —he drank;  nikāmam —until fully satisfied;  nija —own;  puṣkara-uddhṛtam —drawing with his trunk;  ātmānam —himself;  adbhiḥ —with water;  snapayan —bathing thoroughly;  gata-klamaḥ —was relieved of all fatigue.
TRANSLATION
The King of the elephants entered the lake, bathed thoroughly and was relieved of his fatigue. Then, with the aid of his trunk, he drank the cold, clear, nectarean water, which was mixed with the dust of lotus flowers and water lilies, until he was fully satisfied.
TEXT 26
स पुष्करेणोदधृतशीकराम्बुभि- निपाययन्संस्रपयन्यथा गृही । घृणी करेणुः करभांश्च दुर्भदो नाचष्ट कृच्छ्रं कृपणोऽजमायया ॥२६॥
sa puṣkareṇoddhṛta-śīkarāmbubhir nipāyayan saṁsnapayan yathā gṛhī ghṛṇī kareṇuḥ karabhāṁś ca durmado nācaṣṭa kṛcchraṁ kṛpaṇo 'ja-māyayā
saḥ —he (the leader of the elephants);  puṣkareṇa —with his trunk;  uddhṛta —by drawing out;  śīkara-ambubhiḥ —and sprinkling the water;  nipāyayan —causing them to drink;  saṁsnapayan —and bathing them;  yathā —as;  gṛhī —a householder;  ghṛṇī —always kind (to the members of his family);  kareṇuḥ —to his wives, the female elephants;