# Gajendra's Crisis Within the Trikuta mountain was a beautiful valley, wherein the picturesque Ritumat garden and lake were situated. Varuna’s construction of the garden was so expert that even celestial beings would come there for leisure. Once, Gajendra, the chief of the elephants, along with his female companions, went there for an outing. In an intoxicated state they frivolously played in the lake and inadvertently disturbed the inhabitants of the water. Angered by their insensitivity, a mighty crocodile violently attacked Gajendra, and a great struggle ensued in the lake. After one thousand years of fighting, the chief elephant was becoming weaker and weaker since he was in an unnatural environment, being an animal of the land. Gajendra finally realised that no person could save him from this precarious situation. In great desperation and helplessness, the elephant sought the shelter of the Supreme Lord. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-08/g.o.l.d/g-gajendra-1-4/gajendras-crisis.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.