Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 8: The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.8.3

tata uccaihsrava nama

hayo 'bhuc candra-pandurah

tasmin balih spriham cakre

nendra isvara-sikshaya

SYNONYMS

tatah -- thereafter; uccaihsravah nama -- by the name Uccaihsrava; hayah -- a horse; abhut -- was generated; candra-pandurah -- being as white as the moon; tasmin -- unto it; balih -- Maharaja Bali; spriham cakre -- desired to possess; na -- not; indrah -- the King of the demigods; isvara-sikshaya -- by the previous advice of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, a horse named Uccaihsrava, which was as white as the moon, was generated. Bali Maharaja desired to possess this horse, and Indra, the King of heaven, did not protest, for he had previously been so advised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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