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RY OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT.
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
ततो देवासुराः कृत्वा संविदं कृतसौहृदाः ।
उद्यमं परमं चक्ररमृतार्थे [परन्तप] ॥
 
SL
 
Then, becoming friends and coming to
an understanding, the gods and the
demons made the greatest effort for the
sake of nectar.
 
ततस्ते मन्दरगिरिमोजसोत्पाट्य दुर्मदाः ।
नदन्त उद्धिं निन्युः शक्ताः परिघबाहवः ॥
 
Maddened and shouting, the able and
bolt-armed gods and demons then tore up
with their strength the Mandara
Mountain, by the root, and bore it to the
milk-ocean.
 
ते नागराजमामन्त्र्य परिवीय गिरौ मुदा ।
आरेभिरे सुसंयत्ता मथितुं तेऽमृतार्थिनः ॥
 
They called in the great serpent
Vasuki, tied him round the mountain, and
getting ready, began to churn (the ocean)
seeking nectar.
 
मध्यमानेऽर्णवे सोऽद्रिरनाधारो ह्यपोऽविशत् ॥
 
When the ocean was being churned,
the Mandara mountain which had no
support underneath, went into the waters.