मिथ: कलिरभूत्तेषां तदर्थे तर्षचेतसाम् । अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वं न त्वं न त्वमिति प्रभो ॥ ३८ ॥
mithah kalir abhut tesam tad-arthe tarsa-cetasam aham purvam aham purvam na tvam na tvam iti prabho
- mithah
- among themselves
- kalih
- disagreement and quarrel
- abhut
- there was
- tesam
- of all of them
- tat-arthe
- for the sake of nectar
- tarsa-cetasam
- bewildered in heart and soul by the illusory energy of Visnu
- aham
- I
- purvam
- first
- aham
- I
- purvam
- first
- na
- not
- tvam
- you
- na
- not
- tvam
- you
- iti
- thus
- prabho
- O King.
O King, a quarrel then arose among the demons over who would get the nectar first. Each of them said, You cannot drink it first. I must drink it first. Me first, not you