1076. When the elephant Gajendra entered a pond
where fish frolicked, in the forest
to pick some fresh flowers to worship the god,
a crocodile caught his legs,
and, terrified, he raised his trunk and called Kannan.
The god came riding on Garudā and threw his discus,
killed the crocodile and saved Gajendra.
I saw him, as beautiful as a peacock,
in Thiruvallikkeni filled with large palaces
and surrounded by groves dripping with honey.
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