Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 12: The Mohini-murti Incarnation Bewilders Lord Siva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.45

sri-suka uvaca

iti te 'bhihitas tata

vikramah sarnga-dhanvanah

sindhor nirmathane yena

dhritah prishthe mahacalah

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti -- thus; te -- unto you; abhihitah -- explained; tata -- my dear King; vikramah -- prowess; sarnga-dhanvanah -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who carries the Sarnga bow; sindhoh -- of the ocean of milk; nirmathane -- in the churning; yena -- by whom; dhritah -- was held; prishthe -- on the back; maha-acalah -- the great mountain.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, the person who bore the great mountain on His back for the churning of the ocean of milk is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Sarnga-dhanva. I have now described to you His prowess.

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