पयोधिं येन निर्मथ्य सुराणां साधिता सुधा । भ्रममाणोऽम्भसि धृत: कूर्मरूपेण मन्दर: ॥ १० ॥
payodhim yena nirmathya suranam sadhita sudha bhramamano ’mbhasi dhrtah kurma-rupena mandarah
- payodhim
- the ocean of milk
- yena
- by whom
- nirmathya
- by churning
- suranam
- of the demigods
- sadhita
- produced
- sudha
- nectar
- bhramamanah
- moving here and there
- ambhasi
- within the water
- dhrtah
- was staying
- kurma-rupena
- in the form of a tortoise
- mandarah
- the mountain known as Mandara.
By churning the ocean of milk, Ajita produced nectar for the demigods. In the form of a tortoise, He moved here and there, carrying on His back the great mountain known as Mandara.