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OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
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E STORY OF THE ELEPHANT-KING
 
● भारत सरका
 
नि
 
विगाह्य तस्मिन्नमृताम्बु निर्मलं

पपौ निकामं स्नपयन् गतक्लमः ॥
 

It plunged into the lake, and bathing

itself and getting rid of fatigue, it drank

in plenty its pure and ambrosial water.
 

 
तं तत्र कश्चिन् [नृप] दैवचोदितो

ग्राहो बलीयांश्चरणे रुषाऽग्रहीत् ।

यदृच्छयैवं व्यसनं गतो गजो

यथाबलं सोऽतिबलो विचक्रमे ॥
 
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There (in the water) a fate-instigated

crocodile of great strength furiously

caught the elephant-king by the leg..

That elephant of exceeding strength,

accidentally got into distress thus,

exerted to the utmost of its strength (to

free itself).
 

 
तथाऽऽतुरं यूथपतिं करेणवो
 

विकृष्यमाणं तरसा बलीयसा ।

विचुक्रुशुर्दीनधियोऽपरे गजा:
 

पार्ष्णिग्रहास्तारयितुं न चाशकन् ।