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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.7.9

तमुत्थितं वीक्ष्य कुलाचलं पुन: समुद्यता निर्मथितुं सुरासुरा: । दधार पृष्ठेन स लक्षयोजन- प्रस्तारिणा द्वीप इवापरो महान् ॥ ९ ॥
tam utthitaṁ vīkṣya kulācalaṁ punaḥ
[tam utthitam veekshya kulaachalam punah]
samudyatā nirmathituṁ surāsurāḥ
[samudyataa nirmathitum suraasuraah]
dadhāra pṛṣṭhena sa lakṣa-yojana-
[dadhaara prishthena sa laksha-yojana-]
prastāriṇā dvīpa ivāparo mahān
[prastaarinaa dveepa ivaaparo mahaan]
Word-for-word
tam — that mountain utthitam — lifted vīkṣya — observing kulācalam — known as Mandara punaḥ — again samudyatāḥ — enlivened nirmathitum — to churn the Ocean of Milk sura-asurāḥ — the demigods and the demons dadhāra — carried pṛṣṭhena — by the back saḥ — the Supreme Lord lakṣa-yojana — one hundred thousand yojanas (eight hundred thousand miles) prastāriṇā — extending dvīpaḥ — a big island iva — like aparaḥ — another mahān — very big.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam utthitaṁ vīkṣya kulācalaṁ punaḥ
tam
that mountain
utthitam
lifted
vīkṣya
observing
kulācalam
known as Mandara
punaḥ
again
samudyatā nirmathituṁ surāsurāḥ
samudyatāḥ
enlivened
nirmathitum
to churn the Ocean of Milk
sura-asurāḥ
the demigods and the demons
dadhāra pṛṣṭhena sa lakṣa-yojana-
dadhāra
carried
pṛṣṭhena
by the back
saḥ
the Supreme Lord
lakṣa-yojana
one hundred thousand yojanas (eight hundred thousand miles)
prastāriṇā dvīpa ivāparo mahān
prastāriṇā
extending
dvīpaḥ
a big island
iva
like
aparaḥ
another
mahān
very big.
When the demigods and demons saw that Mandara Mountain had been lifted, they were enlivened and encouraged to begin churning again. The mountain rested on the back of the great tortoise, which extended for eight hundred thousand miles like a large island.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the devatās and demons saw that Mandara Mountain had been lifted, they were enlivened to churn again. The Lord supported the mountain on his back, which extended for a hundred thousand yojanas. He resembled the great Jambudvīpa situated in the water. Kūrma supported the mountain on his back. He resembled the other great island, Jambudvīpa.
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Personal Guidance
On Kūrma's back, the mountain rested like an island — eight hundred thousand miles wide. What needs an entire civilization is, to the Lord, only a back-scratch. Our largest problems are small enough for Him to carry without strain.
Reflection Questions
  • Which problem am I treating as too big when, from the Lord's perspective, it is just one mountain?
  • How does scale-shifting — His size, not mine — change my emotional weight today?
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