Text 24] The Elephant Gajendra’s Crisis 55
markatah—monkeys; ca—and; anyatra—elsewhere; ksudradh—small
animals; harinadh—deer; sasa-ddayah—rabbits and others; caranti—
roaming (in the forest); abhitah—without fear; yat-anugrahena—by
the mercy of that elephant.
TRANSLATION
By the mercy of this elephant, animals like the foxes, wolves,
buffaloes, bears, boars, gopucchas, porcupines, monkeys, rabbits,
the other deer and many other small animals loitered elsewhere in
the forest. They were not afraid of him.
PURPORT
All the animals were practically controlled by this elephant, yet al-
though they could move without fear, because of respect they did not
stand before him.
TEXTS 23-24
a qaam: aff: atafi
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FM | AQAA: |
faft afte oa: TROTTY
faterarmstagenataa: 123i
wists = igatueEtid
ffagrechresam: |
qa: aya anda aq
ATTAIN FAT RVI
sa gharma-taptah karibhih karenubhir
vrto madacyut-karabhair anudrutah
girim garimna paritah prakampayan
nisevyamano ‘likulair madasanaih
saro ’nilarn pankaja-renu-risitamn
Jighran vidiran mada-vihvaleksanah
