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OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
HE STORY OF THE ELEPHANT-KING
 
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तं वीक्ष्य पीडितमजः सहसाऽवतीर्य

सग्राहमाशु सरसः कृपयोज्जहार ।

ग्राहाद्विपाटितमुखारिणा गजेन्द्र

संपश्यतां हरिरमूमुचदुस्रियाणाम् ॥
 
SL
 

Seeing it in agony, the unborn Lord, in

his compassion, got down (from Garuda)

in all haste, and quickly lifted it out of

the lake along with the crocodile; and

even as the gods were looking on, Lord

Hari freed the king of the elephants
from the crocodile whose mouth was cut

from the crocodile whose mouth was cut
(by Him) with his discus.
 

 
योऽसौ ग्राहस्स वै सद्यः परमाश्चर्यरूपधृक् ।

मुक्तो देवलशापेन हूहूर्गन्धर्वसत्तमः ॥
 

He who was the crocodile immediately

took the most wonderful form; he became

Huhu, the best of the Gandharvas (now)

freed from sage Devala's curse.
 

 
प्रणम्य शिरसा लोकं स्वमगान्मुक्तकिल्बिषः ॥
 

Rid of his sin, he bowed (to the Lord)
 

and went to his world.