Narayaneeyam Dasakam 26
Narayaneeyam Dasakam 26 Gajendra Moksham Click here to listen to Narayaneeyam Dasakam 26 Indradyumna, King of the Pandya region, once engrossed in his devotion to the Lord, failed to welcome Sage Agastya on his arrival. Sage Agasthya cursed the king to become an elephant. Indradyumna got the form of an elephant immediately, but was fortunate to remember his devotion to the Lord. Indradyumna became the leader of elephants, now known as Gajendra, sported with female elephants on the trikuta mountains and was living happily. One day, Gajendra, while roaming in the mountains, felt thirsty due to the heat and went to a lake nearby to drink water along with his female elephants. In that lake, there was a gandarva named Huhu, who had turned into a crocodile, cursed by the sage Devala. He caught the leg of Gajendra. Indeed, the Lord gives difficulties to his devotees, only to bless them later. Gajendra fought with all his might for more than a thousand years, but still the cr...