220. When, Gajendra the elephant was caught by a crocodile
in the large pond, blooming with cool screw pine plants and
ambal flowers, He killed the crocodile with his discus(chakra)
He came riding on his vehicle, the Garudāzhvar and removed
the elephant's suffering.
O Yashodā, your son is the god of gods in the sky,
but he stole our clothes, stays in the top of the tree,
and refuses to give them back. This isn’t fair.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)