vikarṣator antarato bahir mithaḥ
vikarṣator antarato bahir mithaḥ
samāḥ sahasraṁ vyagaman mahī-pate
saprāṇayoś citram amaṁsatāmarāḥ
O King! As the elephant and the crocodile fought in this way without dying, pulling one another in and out of the water, one thousand years passed. Upon seeing the fight, the devatās were very surprised.
|| 8.2.30 ||
tato gajendrasya mano-balaujasāṁ
kālena dīrgheṇa mahān abhūd vyayaḥ
vikṛṣyamāṇasya jale 'vasīdato
viparyayo 'bhūt sakalaṁ jalaukasaḥ
Thereafter, because of being pulled into the water for many years, the elephant became depleted of his mental, physical and sensual strength. The crocodile, on the contrary, being an animal of the water, increased completely in enthusiasm, physical strength and sensual power.
The crocodile, a water animal, was the opposite. Instead of decreasing in physical, mental and sense strength, he increased in strength. Sakalam means he became completely full in his strength, not partially strong.
|| 8.2.31 ||
itthaṁ gajendraḥ sa yadāpa saṅkaṭaṁ
prāṇasya dehī vivaśo yadṛcchayā
apārayann ātma-vimokṣaṇe ciraṁ
dadhyāv imāṁ buddhim athābhyapadyata
When the king of the elephants saw that he was helpless by fate, that he could not save himself, and that his life was in danger, he thought for a long time and finally got intelligence.
He thought, “This is my karma.” When he thought in that way, he suddenly got intelligence.
|| 8.2.32 ||
na mām ime jñātaya āturaṁ gajāḥ
kutaḥ kariṇyaḥ prabhavanti mocitum
grāheṇa pāśena vidhātur āvṛto
'py ahaṁ ca taṁ yāmi paraṁ parāyaṇam
The other elephants, who are my friends and relatives, could not rescue me from this danger. What then to speak of my wives? It is by the will of providence that I have been attacked by this crocodile, and therefore I shall seek shelter of the Supreme Lord, who is the shelter of everyone.
This verse explains his intelligence. These elephants cannot free me, what to speak of my wives. Because I am caught in the noose of fate, in the form of the crocodile, I surrender to the Supreme Lord, the supreme shelter, even though (aham ca) I am an ignorant animal.
|| 8.2.33 ||
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