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ब्रह्मोवाच यत्रोद्यतः क्षितितलोद्धरणाय बिभ्रत् ।
क्रौडीं तनुं सकलयज्ञमयीमनन्तः अन्तर्महार्णव उपागतमादिदैत्यं ।
तं दंष्ट्रयाद्रिमिव वज्रधरो ददार ॥ १ ॥
 
brahmovaca
yatrodyatah ksiti-taloddharanaya bibhrat
kraudim tanum sakala-yajna-mayim anantah
antar-maharnava upagatam adi-daityam
tam damstrayadrim iva vajra-dharo dadara
brahma uvaca-Lord Brahma said; yatra-at that time (when); udyatah-attempted; ksiti-tala-the earthly planet; uddharanaya-for the matter of lifting; bibhrat-assumed; kraudim-pastimes; tanum-form; sakala-total; yajna-mayim-all-inclusive sacrifices; anantah-the Unlimited; antar-within the universe; maha-arnave-the great Garbha Ocean; upagatam-having arrived at; adi-the first; daityam-demon; tam-him; damstraya-by the tusk; adrim-the flying mountains; iva-like; vajra-dharah-the controller of the thunderbolts; dadara-pierced.