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TEXT 9
tam utthitam viksya kulacalam punah
samudyata nirmathitum surasurah
dadhara prsthena sa laksa-yojana-
prastarina dvipa ivaparo mahan
SYNONYMS
tamthat mountain; utthitamlifted; viksyaobserving; kulacalamknown as Mandara; punahagain; samudyatahenlivened; nirmathitumto churn the ocean of milk; sura-asurahthe demigods and the demons; dadharacarried; prsthenaby the back; sahthe Supreme Lord; laksa-yojanaone hundred thousand yojanas (eight hundred thousand miles); prastarinaextending; dvipaha big island; ivalike; aparahanother; mahanvery 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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