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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.16

సురాసురాణాముదధిం మథ్నతాం మన్దరాచలమ్ । దధ్రే కమఠరూపేణ పృష్ఠ ఏకాదశే విభు: ॥ ౧౬ ॥
surāsurāṇām udadhiṁ
[suraasuraanaam udadhim]
mathnatāṁ mandarācalam
[mathnataam mandaraachalam]
dadhre kamaṭha-rūpeṇa
[dadhre kamatha-roopena]
pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ
[prishtha ekaadashe vibhuh]
Word-for-word
sura — the theists asurāṇām — of the atheists udadhim — in the ocean mathnatām — churning mandarācalam — the Mandarācala Hill dadhre — sustained kamaṭha — tortoise rūpeṇa — in the form of pṛṣṭhe — shell ekādaśe — the eleventh in the line vibhuḥ — the great.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
surāsurāṇām udadhiṁ
sura
the theists
asurāṇām
of the atheists
udadhim
in the ocean
mathnatāṁ mandarācalam
mathnatām
churning
mandarācalam
the Mandarācala Hill
dadhre kamaṭha-rūpeṇa
dadhre
sustained
kamaṭha
tortoise
rūpeṇa
in the form of
pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ
pṛṣṭhe
shell
ekādaśe
the eleventh in the line
vibhuḥ
the great.
The eleventh incarnation of the Lord took the form of a tortoise whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandarācala Hill, which was being used as a churning rod by the theists and atheists of the universe.
Purport

Once both the atheists and the theists were engaged in producing nectar from the sea so that all of them could become deathless by drinking it. At that time the Mandarācala Hill was used as the churning rod, and the shell of Lord Tortoise, the incarnation of Godhead, became the resting place (pivot) of the hill in the seawater.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In the eleventh appearance, the Lord, in the form of a tortoise, held up on his back Mandara Mountain for the devatās and demons churning the ocean.
Commentary

The devatās and demons churned the ocean to receive nectar. Kamaṭha means turtle.

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