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indradyumnaH paaNDyakhaNDaadhiraajaH tvadbhaktaatmaa chandanaadrau kadaachit |

tvatsevaayaaM magnadhiiraalulOke naivaagastyaM praaptamaatithyakaamam ||

At that time, a gandharva, named Huhu, having become a crocodile, due to the curseof Sage Devala, was present there. This crocodile caught hold of the elephant's foot.Oh Lord, in order to give ultimate peace to Thy devotees, Thou tests them by puttingthem through trial and tribulation.

kumbhOdbhuutiH sambhR^itakrOdhabhaaraHstabdhaatmaa tvaM hasti bhuuyaM bhajeti |shaptvaa(a)thainaM pratyagaatsO(a)pi lebhehastiindratvaM tvatsmR^iti vyakti dhanyam ||

Indradyumna, the king of the land of Pandya, was a staunch devotee of Thee. Once,when he was engaged deeply in worshipping Thee, in the Malaya mountain, SageAgastya, came there, expecting to be welcomed as an honoured guest by the king; but the king, his mind fully immersed in Thee, did not notice the sage at all.

dugdhaambhOdheH madhyabhaaji trikuuTe kriiDan shaile yuuthapO(a)yaM vashaabhiH |

sarvaan jantuunatyavartiShTa shaktyaa tvadbhaktaanaaM kutranOtkarShalaabhaH ||

Sage Agastya, overcome by rage, cursed him to become an elephant of inferiorintellect, for his arrogance, and went away. The king became the lord of elephants, but was graced with Thy remembrance as he had been thinking of Thee, when he was cursed thus.

svena sthemnaa divyadeshatva shaktyaa sO(a)yaM khedaanaprajaanan kadaachit |

shailapraante gharmataantaH sarasyaaM yuuthaissaardhaMtvatpraNunnO(a)bhireme ||

This king of elephants was engaged in romantic sports with the female elephants in the Trikuta mountain, situated in the middle of the ocean of milk, and was superior in strength to all other animals. Oh Lord, Thy devotees attain glory, wherever they go.

huuhuustaavaddevalasyaapi shaapaat graahiibhuutastajjale vartamaanaH |

jagraahainaM hastinaM paadadeshe shaantyarthaM hi shraantidO(a)sisvakaanaam ||

Owing to the divinity of the place and his own natural strength, this elephant lord knew no hardship here. Yet, once, by Thy impulsion, being scorched by the heat of summer, he was playing with the other elephants, beside a lake on the mountain slope.

tvatsevaayaa vaibhavaaddurnirOdhaM yuddhyantaM taM vatsaraaNaaM sahasram |

praapte kaale tvatpadaikaagryasiddhyai nakraakraantaM hasti varyaM

vyadhaastvam ||

At that time, a gandharva, named Huhu, having become a crocodile, due to the curseof Sage Devala, was present there. This crocodile caught hold of the elephant's foot.Oh Lord, in order to give ultimate peace to Thy devotees, Thou tests them by puttingthem through trial and tribulation.

aartivyakta praaktana j~naanabhaktiH shuNDOtkshiptaiHpuNDariikaissamarchan |

puurvaabhyastannirvisheShaatmaniShThaM stOtra shreShThaMsO(a)nvagaadiitparaatman ||

Gajendra, (in his previous birth), due to the glory of Thy worship, had beencontinuously engaged in conflict, for a thousand years. Now, when the time had come for him, to attain liberation at Thy feet, Thou caused him to be afflicted by thecrocodile.

shrR^itvaa stOtraM nirguNasthaM samastaMbrahmeshaadyairnaahamityaprayaate |

sarvaatmaa tvaM bhuuri kaaruNya vegaat taarkshyaaruuDhaH prekshitObhuuH purastaat ||

Oh Supreme Soul ! In his time of distress, Gajendra, remembered his devotion andknowledge of the previous birth; he began to worship Thee, offering lotuses with histrunk held aloft, and chanting the best of hymns, learnt by him in the past birth,extolling Thy Unqualified Supreme form.

hastiindraM taM hastapadmena dhR^itvaa chakreNa tvaM nakravaryaM vyadaariiH |

gandharve(a)smin muktashaape sa hastii tvatsaaruupyaM praapya dediipyate sma ||

On hearing the entire hymn, describing the Unqualified nature of the Universal Being, Gods Brahma, Siva and others, knowing that it did not refer to them, did not come there. But Thou, who art all knowing, manifested before him, seated on Garuda, impelled by Thy flow of mercy.

etad vR^ittaM tvaaM cha maaM cha prageyO gaayetsO(a)yaM bhuuyase shreyase syaat |

ityuktvainaM tena saardhaM gatastvaM dhiShNyaM viShNO paahivaataalayesha ||

Then holding Gajendra in Thy lotuslike hand, Thou tore apart the ferocious crocodile,with Thy disc. The Gandharva, was then liberated from his curse and the elephantattained oneness with Thee, transcending all.