# The Key Ingredient What attracted Lord Krishna to this elephant? Was it the incredible and unusual sight of an animal reciting a prayer? Was it the comprehensive delineation of Krishna’s glories that attracted Him to the scene? This is not enough to grab the attention of the Supreme Lord. After all, eloquent prayers are regularly recited in His honour by all kinds of beings. The outstanding feature of Gajendra’s prayer was the sheer desperation with which it was uttered. Gajendra finally realised how precarious his position in the world was, not simply under the attack of the crocodile, but under the grips of the material energy. His eternal position was to be an eternally joyful servant of God, and when Gajendra understood this, he spontaneously uttered those beautiful prayers. The point was not that he knew the prayer and used it to remove himself from an ugly predicament, but that he felt the prayer, and recited it with his heart. --- # 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/power-of-prayer/the-key-ingredient.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.