ततो गजेन्द्रस्य मनोबलौजसां कालेन दीर्घेण महानभूद् व्यय: । विकृष्यमाणस्य जलेऽवसीदतो विपर्ययोऽभूत् सकलं जलौकस: ॥ ३० ॥
tato gajendrasya mano-balaujasam kalena dirghena mahan abhud vyayah vikrsyamanasya jale ’vasidato viparyayo ’bhut sakalam jalaukasah
- tatah
- thereafter
- gaja-indrasya
- of the King of the elephants
- manah
- of the strength of enthusiasm
- bala
- the physical strength
- ojasam
- and the strength of the senses
- kalena
- because of years of fighting
- dirghena
- prolonged
- mahan
- great
- abhut
- became
- vyayah
- the expenditure
- vikrsyamanasya
- who was being pulled (by the crocodile)
- jale
- into the water (a foreign place)
- avasidatah
- reduced (mental, physical and sensory strength)
- viparyayah
- the opposite
- abhut
- became
- sakalam
- all of them
- jala-okasah
- the crocodile, whose home is the water
Thereafter, because of being pulled into the water and fighting for many long years, the elephant became diminished in his mental, physical and sensual strength. The crocodile, on the contrary, being an animal of the water, increased in enthusiasm, physical strength and sensual power.