SB 1.3.16
TEXT 16
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TEXT
सुरासुराणामुदधिं मथ्नतां मन्दराचलम् ।
दध्रे कमठरूपेण पृष्ठ एकादशे विभुः ॥ १६ ॥ surasuranam udadhim
mathnatam mandaracalam
dadhre kamatha-rupena
prstha ekadase vibhuh
sura-the theists; asuranam-of the atheists; udadhim-in the ocean; mathnatam-churning; mandaracalam-the Mandaracalam Hill; dadhre-sustained; kamatha-tortoise; rupena-in the form of; prsthe-shell; ekadase-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 atheists of the universe.
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 Lord Tortoise, the incarnation of Godhead, became the resting place (pivot) of the hill in the sea water.
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