मेघश्याम: कनकपरिधि: कर्णविद्योतविद्यु- न्मूर्ध्नि भ्राजद्विलुलितकच: स्रग्धरो रक्तनेत्र: । जैत्रैर्दोर्भिर्जगदभयदैर्दन्दशूकं गृहीत्वा मथ्नन् मथ्ना प्रतिगिरिरिवाशोभताथो धृताद्रि: ॥ १७ ॥
megha-syamah kanaka-paridhih karna-vidyota-vidyun murdhni bhrajad-vilulita-kacah srag-dharo rakta-netrah jaitrair dorbhir jagad-abhaya-dair dandasukam grhitva mathnan mathna pratigirir ivasobhatatho dhrtadrih
- megha-syamah
- blackish like a cloud
- kanaka-paridhih
- wearing yellow garments
- karna
- on the ears
- vidyota-vidyut
- whose earrings shone like lightning
- murdhni
- on the head
- bhrajat
- gleaming
- vilulita
- disheveled
- kacah
- whose hair
- srak-dharah
- wearing a flower garland
- rakta-netrah
- with red eyes
- jaitraih
- with victorious
- dorbhih
- with arms
- jagat
- to the universe
- abhaya-daih
- which give fearlessness
- dandasukam
- the snake (Vasuki)
- grhitva
- after taking
- mathnan
- churning
- mathna
- by the churning rod (Mandara Mountain)
- pratigirih
- another mountain
- iva
- like
- asobhata
- He appeared
- atho
- then
- dhrta-adrih
- having taken the mountain
The Lord appeared like a blackish cloud. He was dressed with yellow garments, His earrings shone on His ears like lightning, and His hair spread over His shoulders. He wore a garland of flowers, and His eyes were pinkish. With His strong, glorious arms, which award fearlessness throughout the universe, He took hold of Vasuki and began churning the ocean, using Mandara Mountain as a churning rod. When engaged in this way, the Lord appeared like a beautifully situated mountain named Indranila.