Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /204

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KURMA AVATARA
 
Cast into the milk-ocean all kinds of

medicinal herbs, and with Mount Mandara

as the churner, serpent Vasuki as the

rope and Myself as aid, O gods, churn

diligently. The demons shall toil, and

you shall reap the fruit.
 
RY OF CULTURE
 
462
 
TA
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
●●मंत्र
 
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ने
 
सरकार
 
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यूयं तदनुमोदध्वं यदिच्छन्त्यसुरासुराः ।
 

न संरम्भेण सिद्धध्यन्ति सर्वेऽर्थाः सान्त्वया यथा ॥
 

"Gods! acquiesce in whatever the

demons desire. Never are purposes

achieved by impetuosity (so well) as by

conciliation.
 

 
'न भेतव्यं कालकूटाद्विषाज्जलधिसंभवात् ।

लोभः कार्योंयो न वो जातु रोषः कामस्तु वस्तुषु ॥'
 

"You should not get frightened at the

poison of Kalakuta which will arise from

the ocean; you should not exhibit avarice

at any time, or anger or love for the

things (that will arise from the ocean)."
 

 
इति देवान्समादिश्य भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः ।

तेषामन्तर्दधे [राजन् ] स्वच्छन्दगतिरीश्वरः ॥
 

Having commanded the gods thus,

Lord Hari, the Master moving as He

pleases, disappeared from the sight of

the gods.