The Churning of the Ocean

Verse 1 (1.18.1)

ततोऽभ्रशिखराकारैर्गिरिशृङ्गैरलंकृतम् । मन्दरं पर्वतवरं लताजालसमाकुलम् ॥

tato'bhraśikharākārairgiriśṛṅgairalaṃkṛtam | mandaraṃ parvatavaraṃ latājālasamākulam

Then they came to Mandara, best of mountains, adorned with peaks like towering clouds and thick with tangles of creepers,

Verse 2 (1.18.2)

नानाविहंगसंघुष्टं नानादंष्ट्रिसमाकुलम् । किंनरैरप्सरोभिश्च देवैरपि च सेवितम् ॥

nānāvihaṃgasaṃghuṣṭaṃ nānādaṃṣṭrisamākulam | kiṃnarairapsarobhiśca devairapi ca sevitam

loud with many kinds of birds, teeming with many kinds of fanged beasts, and frequented by kinnaras, apsarases and even the gods.

Verse 3 (1.18.3)

एकादश सहस्राणि योजनानां समुच्छ्रितम् । अधोभूमेः सहस्रेषु तावत्स्वेव प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

ekādaśa sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ samucchritam | adhobhūmeḥ sahasreṣu tāvatsveva pratiṣṭhitam

It rises eleven thousand yojanas high and is rooted as many thousands of yojanas below the ground.

Verse 4 (1.18.4)

तमुद्धर्तुमशक्ता वै सर्वे देवगणास्तदा । विष्णुमासीनमभ्येत्य ब्रह्माणं चेदमब्रुवन् ॥

tamuddhartumaśaktā vai sarve devagaṇāstadā | viṣṇumāsīnamabhyetya brahmāṇaṃ cedamabruvan

When all the hosts of the gods were unable to lift it, they went to Vishnu and Brahma where they sat and said this:

Verse 5 (1.18.5)

भवन्तावत्र कुरुतां बुद्धिं नैःश्रेयसीं पराम् । मन्दरोद्धरणे यत्नः क्रियतां च हिताय नः ॥

bhavantāvatra kurutāṃ buddhiṃ naiḥśreyasīṃ parām | mandaroddharaṇe yatnaḥ kriyatāṃ ca hitāya naḥ

'Both of you, turn your minds to this and find the course that will bring the highest good. Let an effort be made to lift Mandara, for our welfare.'

Verse 6 (1.18.6)

तथेति चाब्रवीद्विष्णुर्ब्रह्मणा सह भार्गव । अचोदयदमेयात्मा फणीन्द्रं पद्मलोचनः ॥

tatheti cābravīdviṣṇurbrahmaṇā saha bhārgava | acodayadameyātmā phaṇīndraṃ padmalocanaḥ

'So be it,' said Vishnu, and Brahma with him, O Bhargava; and the lotus-eyed one, whose being is beyond measure, called upon the lord of serpents.

Note on the text: The first line = 1.16.6ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the second line is not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 7 (1.18.7)

ततोऽनन्तः समुत्थाय ब्रह्मणा परिचोदितः । नारायणेन चाप्युक्तस्तस्मिन्कर्मणि वीर्यवान् ॥

tato'nantaḥ samutthāya brahmaṇā paricoditaḥ | nārāyaṇena cāpyuktastasminkarmaṇi vīryavān

Then mighty Ananta rose, urged by Brahma and bidden to that task by Narayana.

Note on the text: = 1.16.6cdef of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 8 (1.18.8)

अथ पर्वतराजानं तमनन्तो महाबलः । उज्जहार बलाद्ब्रह्मन्सवनं सवनौकसम् ॥

atha parvatarājānaṃ tamananto mahābalaḥ | ujjahāra balādbrahmansavanaṃ savanaukasam

Then the mighty Ananta, O brahmin, tore up by force that king of mountains, with its forests and the creatures of its forests.

Verse 9 (1.18.9)

ततस्तेन सुराः सार्धं समुद्रमुपतस्थिरे । तमूचुरमृतस्यार्थे निर्मथिष्यामहे जलम् ॥

tatastena surāḥ sārdhaṃ samudramupatasthire | tamūcuramṛtasyārthe nirmathiṣyāmahe jalam

Then the gods went with him to the ocean and said to it, 'We shall churn your waters for the sake of the nectar.'

Verse 10 (1.18.10)

अपांपतिरथोवाच ममाप्यंशो भवेत्ततः । सोढाऽस्मि विपुलं मर्दं मन्दरभ्रमणादिति ॥

apāṃpatirathovāca mamāpyaṃśo bhavettataḥ | soḍhā'smi vipulaṃ mardaṃ mandarabhramaṇāditi

Then the lord of the waters said, 'Then let me too have a share of it. I will bear the great pounding from the whirling of Mandara.'

Verse 11 (1.18.11)

ऊचुश्च कूर्मराजानमकूपारे सुरासुराः । अधिष्ठानं गिरेरस्य भवान्भवितुमर्हति ॥

ūcuśca kūrmarājānamakūpāre surāsurāḥ | adhiṣṭhānaṃ girerasya bhavānbhavitumarhati

And in the ocean the gods and asuras said to the king of tortoises, 'You should be the base for this mountain.'

Verse 12 (1.18.12)

कूर्मेण तु तथेत्युक्त्वा पृष्ठमस्य समर्पितम् । तं शैलं तस्य पृष्ठस्थं वज्रेणेन्द्रोऽभ्यपीडयत् ॥

kūrmeṇa tu tathetyuktvā pṛṣṭhamasya samarpitam | taṃ śailaṃ tasya pṛṣṭhasthaṃ vajreṇendro'bhyapīḍayat

The tortoise said, 'So be it,' and offered his back; and Indra pressed down with his thunderbolt the mountain set upon that back.

Verse 13 (1.18.13)

मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा तथा योक्त्रं च वासुकिम् । देवा मथितुमारब्धाः समुद्रं निधिमम्भसाम् । अमृतार्थे पुरा ब्रह्मंस्तथैवासुरदानवाः ॥

manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā tathā yoktraṃ ca vāsukim | devā mathitumārabdhāḥ samudraṃ nidhimambhasām | amṛtārthe purā brahmaṃstathaivāsuradānavāḥ

Making Mandara the churning stick and Vasuki the cord, the gods began to churn the ocean, the treasury of waters, for the nectar, long ago, O brahmin; and so did the asuras and danavas.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्रह्मस्तथैवा… → ब्रह्मंस्तथैवा… (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara in the vocative ब्रह्मन् before त). The third line reads differently in the critical edition.

Verse 14 (1.18.14)

एकमन्तमुपाश्लिष्टा नागराज्ञो महासुराः ॥

ekamantamupāśliṣṭā nāgarājño mahāsurāḥ

The great asuras took hold of one end of the king of serpents,

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource; = 1.16.13ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 15 (1.18.15)

विबुधाः सहिताः सर्वे यतः पुच्छं ततः स्थिताः । अनन्तो भगवान्देवो यतो नारायणः स्थितः ॥

vibudhāḥ sahitāḥ sarve yataḥ pucchaṃ tataḥ sthitāḥ | ananto bhagavāndevo yato nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ

and all the gods together took their stand where the tail was. The blessed god Ananta stood where Narayana stood.

Note on the text: = 1.16.13cd + 1.16.14ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand).

Verse 16 (1.18.16)

वासुकेरग्रमाश्लिष्टा नागराज्ञो महासुराः । शिर उत्क्षिप्य नागस्य पुनः पुनरवाक्षिपन् ॥

vāsukeragramāśliṣṭā nāgarājño mahāsurāḥ | śira utkṣipya nāgasya punaḥ punaravākṣipan

The great asuras held Vasuki's front end; lifting the serpent's head, they flung it down again and again.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). The first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the second line = 1.16.14cd (aligned by hand).

Verse 17 (1.18.17)

वासुकेरथ नागस्य सहसा क्षिप्यतोऽसुरैः । सधूमाः सार्चिषो वाता निष्पेतुरसकृन्मुखात् ॥

vāsukeratha nāgasya sahasā kṣipyato'suraiḥ | sadhūmāḥ sārciṣo vātā niṣpeturasakṛnmukhāt

As the serpent Vasuki was violently pulled about by the asuras, winds full of smoke and flame burst again and again from his mouth.

Note on the text: Aligned by hand with 1.16.15 of the critical edition. The passage on the Halahala poison that follows (verses 18–28) is found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 18 (1.18.18)

वासुकेर्मथ्यमानस्य निःसृतेन विषेण च । अभवन्मिश्रितं तोयं तदा भार्गवनन्दन ॥

vāsukermathyamānasya niḥsṛtena viṣeṇa ca | abhavanmiśritaṃ toyaṃ tadā bhārgavanandana

And with the poison that poured from Vasuki as he was churned, the water then became tainted, O delight of the Bhargavas.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 19 (1.18.19)

मथनान्मन्दरेणाथ देवदानवबाहुभिः । विषं तीक्ष्णं समुद्भूतं हालाहलमिति श्रुतम् ॥

mathanānmandareṇātha devadānavabāhubhiḥ | viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ samudbhūtaṃ hālāhalamiti śrutam

From the churning by Mandara and by the arms of the gods and danavas a deadly poison arose, known, so it is told, as Halahala.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 20 (1.18.20)

देवाश्च दानवाश्चैव दग्धाश्चैव विषेण ह । अपाक्रामंस्ततो भीता विषादमगमंस्तदा ॥

devāśca dānavāścaiva dagdhāścaiva viṣeṇa ha | apākrāmaṃstato bhītā viṣādamagamaṃstadā

Gods and danavas alike were scorched by the poison; they fell back in fear and sank into despair.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 21 (1.18.21)

ब्रह्माणमब्रुवन्देवाः समेत्य मुनिपुंगवैः । मथ्यमानेऽमृते जातं विषं कालानलप्रभम् ॥

brahmāṇamabruvandevāḥ sametya munipuṃgavaiḥ | mathyamāne'mṛte jātaṃ viṣaṃ kālānalaprabham

Joined by the foremost sages, the gods went to Brahma and said: 'As the nectar was being churned, a poison has arisen, blazing like the fire of Time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 22 (1.18.22)

तेनैव तापिता लोकास्तस्य प्रतिकुरुष्व ह । एवमुक्तस्तदा ब्रह्मा दध्यौ लोकेश्वरं हरम् ॥

tenaiva tāpitā lokāstasya pratikuruṣva ha | evamuktastadā brahmā dadhyau lokeśvaraṃ haram

The worlds are burning with it. Find a remedy for it.' So addressed, Brahma then fixed his mind on Hara, lord of the worlds,

Note on the text: Spaced प्रतिकुरुष्वह → प्रतिकुरुष्व ह (run-together words in Wikisource). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 23 (1.18.23)

त्र्यक्षं त्रिशूलिनं रुद्रं देवदेवमुमापतिम् । तदाऽथ चिन्तितो देवस्तज्ज्ञात्वा द्रुतमाययौ ॥

tryakṣaṃ triśūlinaṃ rudraṃ devadevamumāpatim | tadā'tha cintito devastajjñātvā drutamāyayau

on Rudra, the three-eyed, the bearer of the trident, god of gods, consort of Uma. And the god, so called to mind, knew of it and came at once.

Note on the text: Corrected रुद्रे → रुद्रं (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative is required, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 24 (1.18.24)

तस्याथ देवस्तत्सर्वमाचचक्षे प्रजापतिः । तच्छ्रुत्वा देवदेवेशो लोकस्यास्य हितेप्सया ॥

tasyātha devastatsarvamācacakṣe prajāpatiḥ | tacchrutvā devadeveśo lokasyāsya hitepsayā

Then the god Prajapati told him all of it. Hearing it, the lord of the gods of gods, wishing for the good of this world,

Note on the text: Corrected दवेदेवेशो → देवदेवेशो (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced vowel sign, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 25 (1.18.25)

अपिबत्तद्विषं रुद्रः कालानलसमप्रभम् । कण्ठे स्थापितवान्देवो लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥

apibattadviṣaṃ rudraḥ kālānalasamaprabham | kaṇṭhe sthāpitavāndevo lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

Rudra drank the poison that blazed like the fire of Time, and the god held it in his throat for the welfare of the worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 26 (1.18.26)

यस्मात्तु नीलता कण्ठे नीलकण्ठस्ततः स्मृतः । पीतमात्रे विषे तत्र रुद्रेणामिततेजसा ॥

yasmāttu nīlatā kaṇṭhe nīlakaṇṭhastataḥ smṛtaḥ | pītamātre viṣe tatra rudreṇāmitatejasā

Because his throat turned blue, he has been known ever since as Nilakantha, the Blue-throated. When Rudra of boundless splendour had drunk the poison,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 27 (1.18.27)

देवाः प्रीताः पुनर्जग्मुश्चक्रुर्वै कर्म तत्तथा । मथ्यमानेऽमृतस्यार्थे भूयो वै देवदानवैः ॥

devāḥ prītāḥ punarjagmuścakrurvai karma tattathā | mathyamāne'mṛtasyārthe bhūyo vai devadānavaiḥ

the gods, gladdened, went back and took up that work again as before; and the gods and danavas churned once more for the nectar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition gives this passage on the Halahala poison only in its apparatus, after 1.16.15).

Verse 28 (1.18.28)

वासुकेरथ नागस्य सहसा क्षिप्यतोऽसुरैः । सधूमाः सार्चिषो वाता निष्पेतुरसकृन्मुखात् ॥

vāsukeratha nāgasya sahasā kṣipyato'suraiḥ | sadhūmāḥ sārciṣo vātā niṣpeturasakṛnmukhāt

As the serpent Vasuki was violently pulled about by the asuras, winds full of smoke and flame burst again and again from his mouth.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (।।'). Repeats verse 17 to resume the narrative after the inserted passage; the critical edition has this verse only once (1.16.15). Found in the vulgate recension.

Verse 29 (1.18.29)

ते धूमसङ्घाः संभूता मेघसङ्घाः सविद्युतः । अभ्यवर्षन्सुरगणाञ्श्रमसंतापकर्शितान् ॥

te dhūmasaṅghāḥ saṃbhūtā meghasaṅghāḥ savidyutaḥ | abhyavarṣansuragaṇāñśramasaṃtāpakarśitān

Those masses of smoke became masses of cloud, lit with lightning, and rained on the hosts of gods, who were worn out with toil and heat.

Verse 30 (1.18.30)

तस्माच्च गिरिकूटाग्रात्प्रच्युताः पुष्पवृष्टयः । सुरासुरगणान्सर्वान्समन्तात्समवाकिरन् ॥

tasmācca girikūṭāgrātpracyutāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ | surāsuragaṇānsarvānsamantātsamavākiran

And from the summit of the mountain showers of flowers fell, covering all the hosts of gods and asuras on every side.

Verse 31 (1.18.31)

बभूवात्र महान्नादो महामेघरवोपमः । उदधेर्मथ्यमानस्य मन्दरेण सुरासुरैः ॥

babhūvātra mahānnādo mahāmegharavopamaḥ | udadhermathyamānasya mandareṇa surāsuraiḥ

A great roar arose there, like the rumbling of mighty clouds, as the gods and asuras churned the ocean with Mandara.

Verse 32 (1.18.32)

तत्र नानाजलचरा विनिष्पिष्टा महाद्रिणा । विलयं समुपाजग्मुः शतशो लवणाम्भसि ॥

tatra nānājalacarā viniṣpiṣṭā mahādriṇā | vilayaṃ samupājagmuḥ śataśo lavaṇāmbhasi

Many kinds of creatures of the water were crushed there by the great mountain and perished by the hundreds in the salt sea.

Verse 33 (1.18.33)

वारुणानि च भूतानि विविधानि महीधरः । पातालतलवासीनि विलयं समुपानयत् ॥

vāruṇāni ca bhūtāni vividhāni mahīdharaḥ | pātālatalavāsīni vilayaṃ samupānayat

And the mountain destroyed many kinds of Varuna's creatures that dwelt in the depths of Patala.

Verse 34 (1.18.34)

तस्मिंश्च भ्राम्यमाणेऽद्रौ संघृष्यन्तः परस्परम् । न्यपतन्पतगोपेताः पर्वताग्रान्महाद्रुमाः ॥

tasmiṃśca bhrāmyamāṇe'drau saṃghṛṣyantaḥ parasparam | nyapatanpatagopetāḥ parvatāgrānmahādrumāḥ

As the mountain whirled, great trees, with the birds upon them, ground against one another and toppled from its heights.

Verse 35 (1.18.35)

तेषां संघर्षजश्चाग्निरर्चिर्भिः प्रज्वलन्मुहुः । विद्युद्भिरिव नीलाभ्रमावृणोन्मन्दरं गिरिम् ॥

teṣāṃ saṃgharṣajaścāgnirarcirbhiḥ prajvalanmuhuḥ | vidyudbhiriva nīlābhramāvṛṇonmandaraṃ girim

The fire born of their friction, flaring again and again, wrapped Mount Mandara in flames as lightning wraps a dark cloud.

Verse 36 (1.18.36)

ददाह कुञ्जरांस्तत्र सिंहांश्चैव विनिर्गतान् । विगतासूनि सर्वाणि सत्त्वानि विविधानि च ॥

dadāha kuñjarāṃstatra siṃhāṃścaiva vinirgatān | vigatāsūni sarvāṇi sattvāni vividhāni ca

It burned the elephants there and the lions that rushed out, and creatures of every kind lost their lives.

Verse 37 (1.18.37)

तमग्निममरश्रेष्ठः प्रदहन्तमितस्ततः । वारिणा मेघजेनेन्द्रः शमयामास सर्वशः ॥

tamagnimamaraśreṣṭhaḥ pradahantamitastataḥ | vāriṇā meghajenendraḥ śamayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ

Indra, best of the immortals, quenched that fire everywhere as it raged here and there, with water from the clouds.

Verse 38 (1.18.38)

ततो नानाविधास्तत्र सुस्रुवुः सागराम्भसि । महाद्रुमाणां निर्यासा बहवश्चौषधीरसाः ॥

tato nānāvidhāstatra susruvuḥ sāgarāmbhasi | mahādrumāṇāṃ niryāsā bahavaścauṣadhīrasāḥ

Then many kinds of resin from the great trees, and abundant juices of herbs, flowed down into the waters of the ocean.

Verse 39 (1.18.39)

तेषाममृतवीर्याणां रसानां पयसैव च । अमरत्वं सुरा जग्मुः काञ्चनस्य च निःस्रवात् ॥

teṣāmamṛtavīryāṇāṃ rasānāṃ payasaiva ca | amaratvaṃ surā jagmuḥ kāñcanasya ca niḥsravāt

Through the milky essence of those juices, potent as nectar, and through the outflow of gold, the gods attained immortality.

Verse 40 (1.18.40)

ततस्तस्य समुद्रस्य तज्जातमुदकं पयः । रसोत्तमैर्विमिश्रं च ततः क्षीरादभूद्धृतम् ॥

tatastasya samudrasya tajjātamudakaṃ payaḥ | rasottamairvimiśraṃ ca tataḥ kṣīrādabhūddhṛtam

Then the water of the ocean, mingled with those finest essences, turned to milk; and from the milk came clarified butter.

Note on the text: Corrected तञ्जातम् → तज्जातम् (misprint in Wikisource; ञ for ज, as in the critical edition). Aligned by hand with 1.16.27.

Verse 41 (1.18.41)

ततो ब्रह्माणमासीनं देवा वरदमब्रुवन् । श्रान्ताः स्म सुभृशं ब्रह्मन्नोद्भवत्यमृतं च तत् ॥

tato brahmāṇamāsīnaṃ devā varadamabruvan | śrāntāḥ sma subhṛśaṃ brahmannodbhavatyamṛtaṃ ca tat

Then the gods said to Brahma, the giver of boons, where he sat: 'We are utterly weary, O Brahma, and still the nectar does not appear.

Verse 42 (1.18.42)

ऋते नारायणं देवं सर्वेऽन्ये देवदानवाः । चिरारब्धमिदं चापि सागरस्यापि मन्थनम् ॥

ṛte nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ sarve'nye devadānavāḥ | cirārabdhamidaṃ cāpi sāgarasyāpi manthanam

Apart from the god Narayana, all the rest of us, gods and danavas, are spent; and this churning of the ocean was begun long ago.

Verse 43 (1.18.43)

ग्लानिरस्मान्समाविष्टा न चात्रामृतमुत्थितम् । देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥

glānirasmānsamāviṣṭā na cātrāmṛtamutthitam | devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

Exhaustion has overcome us, and still no nectar has risen here.' Hearing the words of the gods, Brahma, the grandsire of the worlds,

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and '). Corrected अमृतमत्थितम् → अमृतमुत्थितम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 44 (1.18.44)

ततो नारायणं देवं वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् । विधत्स्वैषां बलं विष्णो भवानत्र परायणम् ॥

tato nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ vacanaṃ cedamabravīt | vidhatsvaiṣāṃ balaṃ viṣṇo bhavānatra parāyaṇam

then spoke these words to the god Narayana: 'Give them strength, Vishnu; here you are their refuge.'

Verse 45 (1.18.45)

बलं ददामि सर्वेषां कर्मैतद्ये समास्थिताः । क्षोभ्यतां कलशः सर्वैर्मन्दरः परिवर्त्यताम् ॥

balaṃ dadāmi sarveṣāṃ karmaitadye samāsthitāḥ | kṣobhyatāṃ kalaśaḥ sarvairmandaraḥ parivartyatām

I give strength to all who have set themselves to this work. Let all of you stir the ocean-vessel; let Mandara be turned.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वैमन्दरः → सर्वैर्मन्दरः (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र्, as in the critical edition).

Verse 46 (1.18.46)

नारायणवचः श्रुत्वा बलिनस्ते महोदधेः । तत्पयः सहिता भूयश्चक्रिरे भृशमाकुलम् ॥

nārāyaṇavacaḥ śrutvā balinaste mahodadheḥ | tatpayaḥ sahitā bhūyaścakrire bhṛśamākulam

Hearing Narayana's words, they grew strong, and together they once more threw the milk of the great ocean into violent turmoil.

Verse 47 (1.18.47)

तत्र पूर्वं विषं जातं तद्ब्रह्मवचनाच्छिवः । प्राग्रसल्लोकरक्षार्थं ततो ज्येष्ठा समुत्थिता । कृष्णरूपधरा देवी सर्वाभरणभूषिता ॥

tatra pūrvaṃ viṣaṃ jātaṃ tadbrahmavacanācchivaḥ | prāgrasallokarakṣārthaṃ tato jyeṣṭhā samutthitā | kṛṣṇarūpadharā devī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

There the poison had arisen first, and at Brahma's word Shiva swallowed it to protect the world. Then Jyeshtha rose up, a goddess dark in form, adorned with every ornament.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (` and ।।'). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 48 (1.18.48)

ततः शतसहस्रांशुर्मथ्यमानात्तु सागरात् । प्रसन्नात्मा समुत्पन्नः सोमः शीतांशुरुज्ज्वलः ॥

tataḥ śatasahasrāṃśurmathyamānāttu sāgarāt | prasannātmā samutpannaḥ somaḥ śītāṃśurujjvalaḥ

Then from the churning ocean rose Soma, the cool-rayed moon, with a hundred thousand rays, serene and shining.

Verse 49 (1.18.49)

श्रीरनन्तरमुत्पन्ना घृतात्पाण्डुरवासिनी । सुरा देवी समुत्पन्ना तुरगः पाण्डुरस्तथा ॥

śrīranantaramutpannā ghṛtātpāṇḍuravāsinī | surā devī samutpannā turagaḥ pāṇḍurastathā

Next came Shri, clad in white, born from the clarified butter; then the goddess Sura arose, and the white horse as well.

Verse 50 (1.18.50)

कौस्तुभस्तु मणिर्दिव्य उत्पन्नो घृतसंभवः । मरीचिविकचः श्रीमान्नारायणउरोगतः ॥

kaustubhastu maṇirdivya utpanno ghṛtasaṃbhavaḥ | marīcivikacaḥ śrīmānnārāyaṇaurogataḥ

And the divine jewel Kaustubha arose, born of the clarified butter, glorious and radiant with rays, which rests on Narayana's breast.

Verse 51 (1.18.51)

श्रीः सुरा चैव सोमश्च तुरगश्च मनोजवः । पारिजातश्च तत्रैव सुरभिश्च महामुने । जज्ञाते तौ तदा ब्रह्मन्सर्वकामफलप्रदौ ॥

śrīḥ surā caiva somaśca turagaśca manojavaḥ | pārijātaśca tatraiva surabhiśca mahāmune | jajñāte tau tadā brahmansarvakāmaphalapradau

Shri, Sura, Soma, and the horse swift as thought; and there too, O great sage, the Parijata tree and Surabhi were born, the two of them, O brahmin, granting the fruit of every desire.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). The first line = 1.16.36ab of the critical edition (aligned by hand); the second and third lines are not in it (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 52 (1.18.52)

ततो जज्ञे महाकायश्चतुर्दन्तो महागजः । कपिला कामवृक्षश्च कौस्तुभश्चाप्सरोगणः । यतो देवास्ततो जग्मुरादित्यपथमाश्रिताः ॥

tato jajñe mahākāyaścaturdanto mahāgajaḥ | kapilā kāmavṛkṣaśca kaustubhaścāpsarogaṇaḥ | yato devāstato jagmurādityapathamāśritāḥ

Then a huge four-tusked elephant was born, and Kapila, the wish-granting tree, Kaustubha and the host of apsarases. All these went over to the gods, keeping to the path of the sun.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks ('). The first two lines are not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the third line = 1.16.36cd (aligned by hand).

Verse 53 (1.18.53)

धन्वन्तरिस्ततो देवो वपुष्मानुदतिष्ठत । श्वेतं कमण्डलुं बिभ्रदमृतं यत्र तिष्ठति ॥

dhanvantaristato devo vapuṣmānudatiṣṭhata | śvetaṃ kamaṇḍaluṃ bibhradamṛtaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati

Then the god Dhanvantari rose up in bodily form, carrying a white water-pot in which the nectar was held.

Verse 54 (1.18.54)

एतदत्यद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा दानवानां समुत्थितः । अमृतार्थे महान्नादो ममेदमिति जल्पताम् ॥

etadatyadbhutaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavānāṃ samutthitaḥ | amṛtārthe mahānnādo mamedamiti jalpatām

Seeing this great wonder, a loud clamour for the nectar rose among the danavas, each crying, 'It is mine!'

Verse 55 (1.18.55)

ततो नारायणो मायां मोहिनीं समुपाश्रितः । स्त्रीरूपमद्भुतं कृत्वा दानवानभिसंश्रितः ॥

tato nārāyaṇo māyāṃ mohinīṃ samupāśritaḥ | strīrūpamadbhutaṃ kṛtvā dānavānabhisaṃśritaḥ

Then Narayana took on his bewitching power of illusion, assumed the wondrous form of a woman, and went among the danavas.

Verse 56 (1.18.56)

ततस्तदमृतं तस्यै ददुस्ते मूढचेतसः । स्त्रियै दानवदैतेयाः सर्वे तद्गतमानसाः ॥

tatastadamṛtaṃ tasyai daduste mūḍhacetasaḥ | striyai dānavadaiteyāḥ sarve tadgatamānasāḥ

Then the danavas and daityas, their minds deluded and wholly fixed on her, all gave the nectar to that woman.

Verse 57 (1.18.57)

सा तु नारायणी माया धारयन्ती कमण्डलुम् । आस्यमानेषु दैत्येषु पङ्क्त्या च प्रति दानवैः ॥

sā tu nārāyaṇī māyā dhārayantī kamaṇḍalum | āsyamāneṣu daityeṣu paṅktyā ca prati dānavaiḥ

And that illusion of Narayana, holding the water-pot, while the daityas sat in a row along with the danavas,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 58 (1.18.58)

देवानपाययद्देवी न दैत्यांस्ते च चुक्रुशुः ॥

devānapāyayaddevī na daityāṃste ca cukruśuḥ

gave the nectar to the gods to drink, but not to the daityas; and they cried out.

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource, completing the sentence of verse 57. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).