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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 7]
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
ते नागराजमामन्त्र्य फलभागेन वासुकिम् । 
  परिवीय गिरौ तस्मिन् नेत्रमन्धिं मुदान्विताः । 
  आरेभिरे सुरायत्ता अमृतार्थे कुरुद्वह ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  te nāga-rājam āmantrya 
  phala-bhāgena vāsukim 
  parivīya girau tasmin 
  netram abdhiṁ mudānvitāḥ 
  ārebhire surā yattā 
  amṛtārthe kurūdvaha
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  te —all of them (the demigods and the demons);  nāga-rājam —the king of the Nāgas, snakes;  āmantrya —inviting, or requesting;  phala-bhāgena —by promising a share of the nectar;  vāsukim —the snake Vāsuki;  parivīya —encircling;  girau —Mandara Mountain;  tasmin —unto it;  netram —the churning rope;  abdhim —the ocean of milk;  mudā anvitāḥ —all surcharged with great pleasure;  ārebhire —began to act;  surāḥ —the demigods;  yattāḥ —with great endeavor;  amṛta-arthe —for gaining nectar;  kuru-udvaha —O King Parikṣit, best of the Kurus.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of the Kurus, Mahārāja Parikṣit, the demigods and demons summoned Vāsuki, king of the serpents, requesting him to come and promising to give him a share of the nectar. They coiled Vāsuki around Mandara Mountain as a churning rope, and with great pleasure they endeavored to produce nectar by churning the ocean of milk.
TEXT 2
हरिः पुरस्ताज्जगृहे पूर्वं देवास्ततोऽभवन् ॥ २ ॥