A story from the Shrimad Bhagavatam about what happens when everything you have relied on runs out.

Gajendra was the mightiest elephant in the forest.

One afternoon a crocodile seized his leg in a lotus lake and would not let go.

He fought with everything he had.

His herd gathered at the shore - his family, his companions of decades - all of them trying to help.

None of it was enough.

One by one they turned and walked back into the forest.

And Gajendra was alone.

What he did next - in that moment of absolute exhaustion - is one of the most beautiful acts of surrender in all of Hindu scripture.