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TEXT 9
tam utthitam viksya kulacalam punah
samudyata nirmathitum surasurah
dadhara prsthena sa laksa-yojana-
prastarina dvipa ivaparo mahan
SYNONYMS
tam—that mountain; utthitam—lifted; viksya—observing; kulacalam—known as Mandara; punah—again; samudyatah—enlivened; nirmathitum—to churn the ocean of milk; sura-asurah—the demigods and the demons; dadhara—carried; prsthena—by the back; sah—the Supreme Lord; laksa-yojana—one hundred thousand yojanas (eight hundred thousand miles); prastarina—extending; dvipah—a big island; iva—like; aparah—another; mahan—very big.
TRANSLATION
When the demigods and demons saw that Mandara Mountain had been lifted, they were enlivened and encouraged to begin churning again. The mountain rested on the back of the great tortoise, which extended for eight hundred thousand miles like a large island.
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