PLATE FOUR
The demigods and the demons made an armistice between them, arranging to produce nectar by churning the ocean of milk with Mandara Mountain. Thereafter, with great strength, the demons and the demigods, who were all very powerful and who had long, stout arms, uprooted Mandara Mountain. Crying very loudly, they brought it toward the ocean of milk. However, Mount Mandara was solid gold and thus extremely heavy, and because of conveying the great mountain for a long distance, King Indra, Mahārāja Bali and their associates became fatigued. Suddenly, the mountain slipped from their hands, fell down and smashed many demigods and demons. Most of them were killed, and the survivors were frustrated and disheartened, their arms, thighs and shoulders being broken. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who knows everything, appeared there on the back of His carrier, Garuḍa. Observing that most of the demons and demigods had been crushed by the falling of the mountain, the Lord glanced over them and brought them back to life. Thus they became free from grief, and they even had no bruises on their bodies. Then the Lord very easily lifted Mount Mandara with one hand and placed it on the back of Garuḍa. ( pp. 233–237 )