SB 8.2.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 2: The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis

SB 8.2.20 - SB 8.2.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 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.

SB 8.2.20 - SB 8.2.22