Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.40.17-18

namah karana-matsyaya

pralayabdhi-caraya ca

hayasirsne namas tubhyam

madhu-kaitabha-mrtyave

akuparaya brhate

namo mandara-dharine

ksity-uddhara-viharaya

namah sukara-murtaye

SYNONYMS

namah -- obeisances; karana -- who is the original cause of creation; matsyaya -- to the Supreme Lord's appearance as a fish; pralaya -- of annihilation; abdhi -- in the ocean; caraya -- who moved about; ca -- and; haya-sirsne -- to the incarnation who appeared with the head of a horse; namah -- obeisances; tubhyam -- to You; madhu-kaitabha -- of the demons Madhu and Kaitabha; mrtyave -- to the killer; akuparaya -- to the tortoise; brhate -- huge; namah -- obeisances; mandara -- of Mandara Mountain; dharine -- to the holder; ksiti -- of the earth; uddhara -- the lifting up; viharaya -- whose pleasure; namah -- obeisances; sukara -- of a boar; murtaye -- to the form.

TRANSLATION

I offer my obeisances to You, the cause of the creation, Lord Matsya, who swam about in the ocean of dissolution, to Lord Hayagriva, the killer of Madhu and Kaitabha, to the immense tortoise [Lord Kurma], who supported Mandara Mountain, and to the boar incarnation [Lord Varaha], who enjoyed lifting the earth.

PURPORT

The Visva-kosa dictionary states that the word akuparaya indicates the king of tortoises.

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