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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 2]
niyudhyator evam ibhendra-nakrayor vikarṣator antarato bahir mithaḥ samāḥ sahasraṁ vyagaman mahī-pate saprāṇayoś citram amaṁsatāmarāḥ
niyudhyatoḥ—fighting; evam—in this way; ibha-indra—of the elephant; nakrayoḥ—and the crocodile; vikarṣatoḥ—pulling; antarataḥ—in the water; bahiḥ—outside the water; mithaḥ—one another; samāḥ—years; sahasraṁ—one thousand; vyagaman—passed; mahī-pate—O King; sa-prāṇayoḥ—both alive; citram—wonderful; amaṁsata—considered; amarāḥ—the demigods.
TRANSLATION
O King, the elephant and the crocodile fought in this way, pulling one another in and out of the water, for one thousand years. Upon seeing the fight, the demigods were very surprised.
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ततो गजेन्द्रस्य मनोबलौजसां कालेन दीर्घेण महानभूद् व्ययः । विकृष्यमाणस्य जलेऽवसीदतो विपर्ययोऽभूत् सकलं जलौकसः ॥३०॥
tato gajendrasya mano-balaujasāṁ kālena dīrgheṇa mahān abhūd vyayaḥ vikṛṣyamāṇasya jale 'vasīdato viparyayo 'bhūt sakalaṁ jalaukasaḥ
tataḥ—thereafter; gaja-indrasya—of the King of the elephants; manaḥ—of the strength of enthusiasm; bala—the physical strength; ojasām—and the strength of the senses; kālena—because of years of fighting; dīrgheṇa—prolonged; mahān—great; abhūt—became; vyayaḥ—the expenditure; vikṛṣyamāṇasya—who was being pulled (by the crocodile); jale—into the water (a foreign place); avasīdataḥ—reduced (mental, physical and sensory strength); viparyayaḥ—the op-