We are the sentient being the elephant, we're stuck in this physical body. We can't get out because of this Swabha or this what we have generated over lifetimes. So that we are sinking in Samsara and now we can only pray to the Lord - why should the Lord respond to us? You offer him something, a flower. That's the symbology. And of course Vishnu comes, God comes and he is overwhelmed by the devotion of Gajendra. He senses celestial weapon, the Sudarshan chakra, the discus,. Some of you look puzzled. If you grew up in India, you would have heard these stories again and again from childhood