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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 5]
TEXT 10
पयोर्वि येन निर्मथ्य सुराणां साधिता सुधा ।
अममाणोऽम्भसि धृतः कूर्मरूपेण मन्दरः ॥१०॥
payodhim yena nirmathya surāṇām sādhitā sudhā bhramamāṇo 'mbhasi dhṛtaḥ kūrma-rūpeṇa mandaraḥ
payodhim—the ocean of milk; yena—by whom; nirmathya—by churning; surāṇām—of the demigods; sādhitā—produced; sudhā—nectar; bhramamāṇaḥ—moving here and there; ambhasi—within the water; dhṛtaḥ—was staying; kūrma-rūpeṇa—in the form of a tortoise; mandaraḥ—the mountain known as Mandara.
TRANSLATION
By churning the ocean of milk, Ajita produced nectar for the demigods. In the form of a tortoise, He moved here and there, carrying on His back the great mountain known as Mandara.
TEXTS 11-12
श्रीराजोवाच
यथा भगवता ब्रह्मन्मथितः क्षीरसागरः ।
यदर्थं वा यतश्चाद्रिं दधाराम्बुचरात्मना ॥११॥
यथामृतं सुरैः प्राप्तं किञ्चान्यदभवत् ततः ।
एतद् भगवतः कर्म वदस्व परमाद्भुतम् ॥१२॥
śrī-rājovāca
yathā bhagavatā brahman
mathitaḥ kṣīra-sāgaraḥ
yad-artham vā yataś cādrim
dadhārāmbucarātmanā
yathāmṛtam suraiḥ prāptam
kim cānyad abhavat tataḥ