श्रीशुक उवाच पीते गरे वृषाङ्केण प्रीतास्तेऽमरदानवा: । ममन्थुस्तरसा सिन्धुं हविर्धानी ततोऽभवत् ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca pite gare vrsankena pritas te ’mara-danavah mamanthus tarasa sindhum havirdhani tato ’bhavat
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- pite
- was drunk
- gare
- when the poison
- vrsa-ankena
- by Lord Siva, who sits on a bull
- pritah
- being pleased
- te
- all of them
- amara
- the demigods
- danavah
- and the demons
- mamanthuh
- again began to churn
- tarasa
- with great force
- sindhum
- the Ocean of Milk
- havirdhani
- the surabhi cow, who is the source of clarified butter
- tatah
- from that churning
- abhavat
- was generated
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Upon Lord Siva’s drinking the poison, both the demigods and the demons, being very pleased, began to churn the ocean with renewed vigor. As a result of this, there appeared a cow known as surabhi.