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The Churning of the Milk Ocean
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TEXT 4
तत ऐरावतो नाम वारणेन्द्रो विनिर्गतः । दन्तैश्चतुर्भिः श्वेताद्रेर्हरन्मगवतो महिम् ॥ ४ ॥
tata airāvato nāma vāraṇendro vinirgataḥ dantaiś caturbhiḥ svetādrer haran bhagavato mahim
tataḥ —thereafter;  airāvataḥ nāma —of the name Airāvata;  vāraṇa-   indraḥ —the king of elephants;  vinirgataḥ —was generated;  dantaiḥ — with its tusks;  caturbhiḥ —four;  śveta —white;  adreḥ —of the mountain;  haran —defying;  bhagavataḥ —of Lord Śiva;  mahim —the glories.
TRANSLATION
As the next result of the churning, the king of elephants, named Airāvata, was generated. This elephant was white, and with its four tusks it defied the glories of Kailāsa Mountain, the glorious abode of Lord Śiva.
TEXT 5
ऐरावणादयस्त्वष्टौ दिग्गजा अभवंस्ततः । अभ्रमुप्रभृतयोऽष्टौ च करिण्यस्त्वभवन्नृप ॥५॥
airāvaṇādayas tv aṣṭau dig-gajā abhavams tataḥ abhramu-prabhṛtayo 'ṣṭau ca kariṇyas tv abhavan nṛpa
airāvaṇa-ādayaḥ —headed by Airāvaṇa;  tu —but;  aṣṭau —eight;  dik-   gajāḥ —elephants that could go in any direction;  abhavan —were gener-  ated; tataḥ —thereafter;  abhramu-prabhṛtayaḥ —headed by the she-  elephant  named Abhramu;  aṣṭau —eight;  ca —also;  kariṇyaḥ —female  elephants; tu —indeed;  abhavan —also generated;  nṛpa —O King.