Nalagiri was an elephant with a bad character. Devadatta, cousin of the Buddha who was jealous of Buddha and wanted to kill him, made Nalagirl purposefully very angry and set him loose in the street in which Buddha was walking with many other monks. As Nalagiri, running wildly and trumpeting, came closer to the Buddha, the Buddha mentally directed his loving kindness and friendliness (metta) to Nalagiri, because of which Nalagiri calmed down, and subsequently bowed low before the Buddha as a way of showing respect.
अस्य प्रलेखस्य प्रतिकृतीकरणं, पुनर्वितरणं, परिवर्तनं वा / च कर्तुम् अधोनिर्दिष्टनियमानुसारम् अनुमतिः दत्ता GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation Licensehttp://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue
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