154 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 3

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surdsuranadm udadhim
mathnatam mandaracalam

dadhre kamatha-riipena
prstha ekadase vibhuh

sura—the theists; asurandm—of the atheists; udadhim—in the ocean;
mathnatam—churning; mandardcalam—the Mandaracalam Hill; dadhre—
sustained; kamatha—tortoise; riipena—in the form of; prsthe—shell; ekddase
—eleventh in the line; vibhuh —the great.

TRANSLATION

The eleventh incarnation of the Lord was in the form of a tortoise
whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandaracalam Hill, which was being
used as a churning rod by the theists and athgists of the universe.

PURPORT

Once both the atheists and the theists were engaged in producing nectar
from the sea so that all of them could become deathless by drinking it.
At that time the Mandaracalam Hill was used as the churning rod, and the
shell of Lerd Tortoise, the incarnation of Godhead, became the resting
place (pivot) of the hill in the sea water.

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dhanvantaram dvadasamam
trayodagamam eva ca

apayayat suran anyan
mohinyda mohayan stnya
