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Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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dhriyamāṇo 'pi balibhir gauravāt pāṇḍu-nandana
mathyamāne —while the churning was going on;  arṇave —in the ocean of milk;  saḥ —that;  adriḥ —hill;  anādhāraḥ —without being supported by anything;  hi —indeed;  apaḥ —in the water;  aviśat —drowned;  dhriyamāṇaḥ —captured;  api —although;  balibhiḥ —by the powerful demigods and demons;  gauravāt —from being very heavy;  pāṇḍu-nandana —O son of Pāṇḍu (Mahārāja Parikṣit).
TRANSLATION
O son of the Pāṇḍu dynasty, when Mandara Mountain was thus being used as a churning rod in the ocean of milk, it had no support, and therefore although held by the strong hands of the demigods and demons, it sank into the water.
TEXT 7
ते सुनिर्विण्णमनसः परिम्लानमुखश्रियः । आसन् स्वपौरुषे नष्टे दैवेनातिबलीयसा ॥ ७ ॥
te sunirviṇṇa-manasaḥ parimlāna-mukha-śriyaḥ āsan sva-pauruṣe naṣte daivenātibalīyasā
te —all of them (the demigods and demons);  sunirviṇṇa-manasaḥ —their minds being very disappointed;  parimlāna —dried up;  mukha-śriyaḥ —the beauty of their faces;  āsan —became;  sva-pauruṣe —with their own prowess;  naṣte —being lost;  daivena —by a providential arrangement;  ati-balīyasā —which is always stronger than anything else.
TRANSLATION
Because the mountain had been sunk by the strength of providence, the demigods and demons were disappointed, and their faces seemed to shrivel.