Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 Chapter 2 Verse 21

Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.2.21

yad-gandha-mātrād dharayo gajendrā

vyāghrādayo vyāla-mṛgāḥ sakhaḍgāḥ

mahoragāś cāpi bhayād dravanti

sagaura-kṛṣṇāḥ sarabhāś camaryaḥ

SYNONYMS

yat-gandha-mātrāt — simply by the scent of that elephant; harayaḥ — lions; gaja-indrāḥ — other elephants; vyāghra-ādayaḥ — ferocious animals like tigers; vyāla-mṛgāḥ — other ferocious animals; sakhaḍgāḥ — rhinoceroses; mahā-uragāḥ — big, big serpents; ca — also; api — indeed; bhayāt — because of fear; dravanti — running away; sa — with; gaura-kṛṣṇāḥ — some of them white, some of them black; sarabhāḥ — sarabhas; camaryaḥ — also camarīs.

TRANSLATION

Simply by catching scent of that elephant, all the other elephants, the tigers and the other ferocious animals, such as lions, rhinoceroses, great serpents and black and white sarabhas, fled in fear. The camarī deer also fled.

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