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.