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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 4]
immediately delivered, and he became one of the Lord's four-handed associates.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī ends this chapter by describing the good fortune of the elephant. Śukadeva Gosvāmī says that by hearing the narration of Gajendra's deliverance, one can also get the opportunity to be delivered. Śukadeva Gosvāmī vividly describes this, and thus the chapter ends.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
तदा देवर्षिगन्धर्वा ब्रह्मेशानपुरोगमाः ।
मुमुचुः कुसुमासारं शंसन्तः कर्म तद्वरेः ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
tadā devarṣi-gandharvā
brahmeśāna-purogamāḥ
mumucuḥ kusumāsāraṁ
śaṁsantaḥ karma tad dhareḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  tadā —at that time (when Gajendra was delivered);  deva-ṛṣi-gandharvāḥ —the demigods, sages and Gandharvas;  brahma-īśāna-purogamāḥ —headed by Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva;  mumucuḥ —showered;  kusuma-āsāram —a covering of flowers;  śaṁsantaḥ —while praising;  karma —transcendental activity;  tat —that ( gajendra-mokṣaṇa );  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When the Lord delivered Gajendra, King of the elephants, all the demigods, sages and Gandharvas, headed by Brahmā and Śiva, praised this activity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and showered flowers upon both the Lord and Gajendra.
PURPORT
It is evident from this chapter that great sages like Devala Rṣi, Nārada Muni and Agastya Muni will sometimes curse someone. The curse of