ittham gajendrah sa yadapa saṅkatam
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; saṅkatam-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.