A certain Brahmana named Gautama, mild and selfcontrolled and with all his senses under complete control, saw an infant elephant that had lost his mother and that was highly cheerless on that account.
ब्राह्मणौ गौतमः कश्चिन्मृदुर्दान्तो जितेन्द्रियः। महावने हस्तिशिशुं परिधूनममातृकम्॥