Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /205

RY OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT.
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
ततो देवासुराः कृत्वा संविदं कृतसौहृदाः ।

उद्यमं परमं चक्ररूरमृतार्थे [परन्तप] ॥
 
SL
 

Then, becoming friends and coming to
an understanding, the gods and the

an understanding, the gods and the
demons made the greatest effort for the

sake of nectar.
 

 
ततस्ते मन्दरगिरिमोजसोत्पाट्य दुर्मदाः ।

नदन्त उद्दधिं 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.
 

 
मध्थ्यमानेऽर्णवे सोऽद्रिरनाधारो ह्यपोऽविशत् ॥
 

When the ocean was being churned,

the Mandara mountain which had no

support underneath, went into the waters.