इत्थं गजेन्द्र: स यदाप सङ्कटं प्राणस्य देही विवशो यदृच्छया । अपारयन्नात्मविमोक्षणे चिरं दध्याविमां बुद्धिमथाभ्यपद्यत ॥ ३१ ॥
ittham gajendrah sa yadapa sankatam pranasya dehi vivaso yadrcchaya aparayann atma-vimoksane ciram dadhyav imam buddhim athabhyapadyata
- ittham
- in this way
- gaja-indrah
- the King of the elephants
- sah
- he
- yada
- when
- apa
- obtained
- sankatam
- such a dangerous position
- pranasya
- of life
- dehi
- who is embodied
- vivasah
- circumstantially helpless
- yadrcchaya
- by the will of providence
- aparayan
- being unable
- atma-vimoksane
- to save himself
- ciram
- for a long time
- dadhyau
- began to think seriously
- imam
- this
- buddhim
- decision
- atha
- thereupon
- abhyapadyata
- reached
When the King of the elephants saw that he was under the clutches of the crocodile by the will of providence and, being embodied and circumstantially helpless, could not save himself from danger, he was extremely afraid of being killed. He consequently thought for a long time and finally reached the following decision.