Once a king named Khadga-bahu kept a passionate male elephant. One day this elephant broke loose and in a fit of anger started to destroy the elephant shed. Then the elephant ran here and there, wildly chasing the citizens, who fled as fast as possible. When the king got the news, he at once went out to where the elephant was running amok, because the king knew the art of controlling elephants. Many people were running away from the elephant, but the king saw that one brahmana was returning peacefully from taking his bath in a lake. This brahmana was softly reciting the first three verses of the sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita which start with the word “abhayam” (“fearlessness”).When the people saw the brahmana walking toward the elephant, they warned him,
but he paid them no heed and walked straight toward it. When the elephant saw the brahmana approach, it at once lost its anger and lay down peacefully, and the brahmana started rubbing it gently. After stroking the elephant for a few moments, the brahmana went peacefully on his way. When the king and the citizens saw this amazing incident, they stood there dumbfounded. The king then went after the brahmana, fell at his feet, and inquired what austerities and worship the brahmana had performed to attain his amazing power. The brahmana replied, “I daily recite some stanzas from the sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita.”
but he paid them no heed and walked straight toward it. When the elephant saw the brahmana approach, it at once lost its anger and lay down peacefully, and the brahmana started rubbing it gently. After stroking the elephant for a few moments, the brahmana went peacefully on his way. When the king and the citizens saw this amazing incident, they stood there dumbfounded. The king then went after the brahmana, fell at his feet, and inquired what austerities and worship the brahmana had performed to attain his amazing power. The brahmana replied, “I daily recite some stanzas from the sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita.”The king then offered him a hundred gold coins in charity and requested him to visit the palace and give some instructions in chanting those verses from the sixteenth chapter. After that the king, thus instructed, had been chanting those verses for some time, he ordered the release of the passionate elephant. Fearing that the elephant would run wild again, the citizens were upset with the king. But when the king approached the elephant, it lay down at once, and the king stroked it. Afterward, the king returned to his palace, installed his son on the throne, and left for the forest, where he worshiped Lord Krishna by chanting verses from the sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita. Quickly he attained the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.
One may be quite sinful, but if one chants this chapter from the Bhagavad-gita, he quickly attains the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.
Sources : ISKCON
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