श्रीशुक उवाच ते नागराजमामन्त्र्य फलभागेन वासुकिम् । परिवीय गिरौ तस्मिन् नेत्रमब्धिं मुदान्विता: । आरेभिरे सुरा यत्ता अमृतार्थे कुरूद्वह ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca te naga-rajam amantrya phala-bhagena vasukim pariviya girau tasmin netram abdhim mudanvitah arebhire sura yatta amrtarthe kurudvaha
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- te
- all of them (the demigods and the demons)
- naga-rajam
- the king of the Nagas, snakes
- amantrya
- inviting, or requesting
- phala-bhagena
- by promising a share of the nectar
- vasukim
- the snake Vasuki
- pariviya
- encircling
- girau
- Mandara Mountain
- tasmin
- unto it
- netram
- the churning rope
- abdhim
- the Ocean of Milk
- muda anvitah
- all surcharged with great pleasure
- arebhire
- began to act
- surah
- the demigods
- yattah
- with great endeavor
- amrta-arthe
- for gaining nectar
- kuru-udvaha
- O King Pariksit, best of the Kurus
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O best of the Kurus, Maharaja Pariksit, the demigods and demons summoned Vasuki, king of the serpents, requesting him to come and promising to give him a share of the nectar. They coiled Vasuki around Mandara Mountain as a churning rope, and with great pleasure they endeavored to produce nectar by churning the ocean of milk.