Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.3.33

tam vīkshya pīditam ajah sahasāvatīrya

sa-grāham āśu sarasah kripayojjahāra

grāhād vipātita-mukhād arinā gajendram

sampaśyatām harir amūmucad ucchriyānām

SYNONYMS

tam — him (Gajendra); vīkshya — after seeing (in that condition); pīditam — who was very aggrieved; ajah — the unborn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sahasā — all of a sudden; avatīrya — getting down (from the back of Garuda); sa-grāham — with the crocodile; āśu — immediately; sarasah — from the water; kripayā — out of great mercy; ujjahāra — took out; grāhāt — from the crocodile; vipātita — separated; mukhāt — from the mouth; arinā — with the disc; gajendram — Gajendra; sampaśyatām — who were looking on; harih — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; amūm — him (Gajendra); ucat — saved; ucchriyānām — in the presence of all the demigods.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, seeing Gajendra in such an aggrieved position, the unborn Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, immediately got down from the back of Garuda by His causeless mercy and pulled the King of the elephants, along with the crocodile, out of the water. Then, in the presence of all the demigods, who were looking on, the Lord severed the crocodile's mouth from its body with His disc. In this way He saved Gajendra, the King of the elephants.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender."

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