मथ्यमानेऽर्णवे सोऽद्रिरनाधारो ह्यपोऽविशत् । ध्रियमाणोऽपि बलिभिर्गौरवात् पाण्डुनन्दन ॥ ६ ॥
mathyamane ’rnave so ’drir anadharo hy apo ’visat dhriyamano ’pi balibhir gauravat pandu-nandana
- mathyamane
- while the churning was going on
- arnave
- in the ocean of milk
- sah
- that
- adrih
- hill
- anadharah
- without being supported by anything
- hi
- indeed
- apah
- in the water
- avisat
- drowned
- dhriyamanah
- captured
- api
- although
- balibhih
- by the powerful demigods and demons
- gauravat
- from being very heavy
- pandu-nandana
- O son of Pandu (Maharaja Pariksit).
O son of the Pandu dynasty, when Mandara Mountain was thus being used as a churning rod in the ocean of milk, it had no support, and therefore although held by the strong hands of the demigods and demons, it sank into the water.