Gajendra prostrated himself before the god. Seeing this, Vishnu was pleased and with his Sudharshana Chakra, he decapitated the crocodile.

As Gajendra sighted the god coming, he lifted a lotus with his trunk. Hearing his devotee’s call and prayer, Vishnu rushed to the scene. He trumpeted in pain and helplessness until he was hoarse.Īs the struggle was seemingly endless and when he had spent his last drop of energy, Gajendra called to the god Vishnu to save him, holding a lotus up in the air as an offering. When they realised that ‘death’ had come close to Gajendra, they left him alone. All his family members, relatives and friends gathered around to help him, but in vain. Gajendra tried for a long time to escape from the crocodile’s clutches. Suddenly, a crocodile living in the lake attacked Gajendra and caught him by the leg. One day as usual he went to the lake near by to pick lotus flowers to offer prayer to Lord Vishnu. Gajendra ruled over all the other elephants in the herd. This garden was located on Mount Trikuta, the “Three-Peaked Mountain.”

There was once an elephant named Gajendra who lived in a garden called Ṛtumat which was created by Varuna. This story was narrated by Shuka to King Parikshit at Parikshit’s request.īuy Srimad Bhagavatam Online to read Gajendra Moksham Gajendra then attained a form like that of the god (Sarupya Mukti) and went to Vaikuntha with Vishnu. In this episode, Vishnu came down to earth to protect Gajendra, the elephant, from the clutches of a Crocodile, alternatively known as Makara or Huhu, and with Vishnu’s help, Gajendra achieved Moksha, or liberation from the cycle of birth and death. It is one of the famous exploits of the Hindu god Vishnu. Gajendra Moksha ‘The Liberation of Gajendra’ is a Puranic legend from the 8th Skandha of the Hindu scripture Bhagavata Puraṇa, a sacred book in Hinduism.īuy Gajendra Moksham Book Online on Amazon India

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