Bhagavatapurana 8.2.30

8.2.30

tato gajendrasya manobalaujasāṃ kālena dīrgheṇa mahān abhūdvyayaḥ /
vikṛṣyamāṇasya jale 'vasīdato viparyayo 'bhūt sakalaṃ jalaukasaḥ //

30. Then it came about that through that long period of time the courage, energy, strength, and force of the great elephant thus dragged and harassed in water were almost exhausted; on the other hand everything was in the other way with the aquatic monster (the inhabitant of water).