226
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 6]
TRANSLATION
Immediately endeavor to produce nectar, which a person who is about to die may drink to become immortal.
TEXTS 22-23
क्षिप्त्वा क्षीरोदधौ सर्वा वीरुत्तृणलतौषधीः ।  
 मन्यानं मन्दरं कृत्वा नेत्रं कृत्वा तु वासुकिम् ॥२२॥  
 सहायेन मया देवा निर्मन्यध्वमतन्द्रिताः ।  
 क्लेशमाजो भविष्यन्ति दैत्या यूयं फलग्रहाः ॥२३॥
kṣiptvā kṣīrodadhau sarvā  
 vīrut-tṛṇa-latauṣadhiḥ  
 manthānam mandaram kṛtvā  
 netram kṛtvā tu vāsukim
sahāyena mayā devā  
 nirmanthadhvam atandritāḥ  
 kleśa-bhājo bhaviṣyanti  
 daityā yūyam phala-grahāḥ
kṣiptvā —putting;  kṣīra-udadhau —in the ocean of milk;  sarvāḥ —all kinds of;  vīrut —creepers;  tṛṇa —grass;  latā —vegetables;  auṣadhiḥ —and drugs;  manthānam —the churning rod;  mandaram —Mandara Mountain;  kṛtvā —making;  netram —the churning rope;  kṛtvā —making;  tu —but;  vāsukim —the snake Vāsuki;  sahāyena —with a helper;  mayā —by Me;  devāḥ —all the demigods;  nirmanthadhvam —go on churning;  atandritāḥ —very carefully, without diversion;  kleśa-bhājaḥ —sharetakers of sufferings;  bhaviṣyanti —will be;  daityāḥ —the demons;  yūyam —but all of you;  phala-grahāḥ —gainers of the actual result.
TRANSLATION
O demigods, cast into the ocean of milk all kinds of vegetables, grass, creepers and drugs. Then, with My help, making Mandara Mountain the churning rod and Vāsuki the rope for churning,