Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.2.20

tatraikadā tad-giri-kānanāśrayaḥ

kareṇubhir vāraṇa-yūtha-paś caran

sakaṇṭakaḿ kīcaka-veṇu-vetravad

viśāla-gulmaḿ prarujan vanaspatīn

SYNONYMS

tatra — therein; ekadā — once upon a time; tat-giri — of that mountain (Trikūṭa); kānana-āśrayaḥ — who lives in the forest; kareṇubhiḥ — accompanied by female elephants; vāraṇa-yūtha-paḥ — the leader of the elephants; caran — while wandering (toward the lake); sa-kaṇṭakama place full of thorns; kīcaka-veṇu-vetra-vat — with plants and creepers of different names; viśāla-gulmam — many thickets; prarujan — breaking; vanaḥ-patīn — trees and plants.

TRANSLATION

The leader of the elephants who lived in the forest of the mountain Trikūṭa once wandered toward the lake with his female elephants. He broke many plants, creepers, thickets and trees, not caring for their piercing thorns.

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