Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 1: The Manus, Administrators of the Universe |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.1.31
śrī-rājovāca
bādarāyaṇa etat te
śrotum icchāmahe vayam
harir yathā gaja-patiḿ
grāha-grastam amūmucat
SYNONYMS
śrī-rājā uvāca — King Parīkṣit said; bādarāyaṇe — O son of Bādarāyaṇa (Vyāsadeva); etat — this; te — from you; śrotum icchāmahe — desire to hear; vayam — we; hariḥ — the Lord Hari; yathā — the manner in which; gaja-patim — the King of the elephants; grāha-grastam — when attacked by the crocodile; amūmucat — delivered.
TRANSLATION
King Parīkṣit said: My lord, Bādarāyaṇi, we wish to hear from you in detail how the King of the elephants, when attacked by a crocodile, was delivered by Hari.
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