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OF CULTURE
 
R GOVERNMENT OF
 
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मंत्रा
 
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HOM
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भारत सरकार
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
cried
 
T
he pitiable female-elephants
cried
aloud for their herd-chief, who was being

dragged forcibly by the strong (crocodile)

in that manner; the other elephants held

(their chief) at the back but were not able

to save it.
 
SL
 

 
अपारयन्नात्मविमोक्षणे चिरं

ध्याविमां बुद्धिमथाभ्यपद्यत ॥
 

Unable to free itself, it thought for

long and then came to this resolve:
 

 
'न मामिमे ज्ञातय आतुरं गजा:
 

कुतः करिण्यः प्रभवन्ति मोचितुम् ।
प्

ग्
राहेण पाशेन विधातुरावृतोऽ-

प्यहं च तं यामि परं परायणम् ॥
 

" These kinsmen of mine, the elephants,

are unable to rescue me who am in

trouble; how can the female-elephants be

able to? Nor am I also able to free

myself, caught as I am in the fatal noose

of this crocodile. I shall turn to that

Supreme Being, the greatest refuge.