क्वचित् समुद्रमध्यस्थो दोर्भ्यामुत्क्षिप्य तज्जलम् । देशान् नागायुतप्राणो वेलाकूले न्यमज्जयत् ॥ ५ ॥
kvacit samudra-madhya-stho dorbhyām utkṣipya taj-jalam deśān nāgāyuta-prāṇo velā-kūle nyamajjayat
- kvacit
- once
- samudra
- of the ocean
- madhya
- in the midst
- sthaḥ
- standing
- dorbhyām
- with his arms
- utkṣipya
- churning up
- tat
- its
- jalam
- water
- deśān
- the kingdoms
- nāga
- elephants
- ayuta
- (like) ten thousand
- prāṇaḥ
- whose vital strength
- velā
- of the coast
- kūle
- upon the shore
- nyamajjayat
- he caused to drown
Another time he entered the ocean and, with the strength of ten thousand elephants, churned up its water with his arms and thus submerged the coastal regions.