Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17


Sanskrit:

मेघश्याम: कनकपरिधि: कर्णविद्योतविद्यु-न्मूर्ध्नि भ्राजद्विलुलितकच: स्रग्धरो रक्तनेत्र: ।जैत्रैर्दोर्भिर्जगदभयदैर्दन्दशूकं गृहीत्वामथ्नन् मथ्ना प्रतिगिरिरिवाशोभताथो धृताद्रि: ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

megha-śyāmaḥ kanaka-paridhiḥ karṇa-vidyota-vidyunmūrdhni bhrājad-vilulita-kacaḥ srag-dharo rakta-netraḥjaitrair dorbhir jagad-abhaya-dair dandaśūkaṁ gṛhītvāmathnan mathnā pratigirir ivāśobhatātho dhṛtādriḥ

Translation:

The Lord appeared like a blackish cloud. He was dressed with yellow garments, His earrings shone on His ears like lightning, and His hair spread over His shoulders. He wore a garland of flowers, and His eyes were pinkish. With His strong, glorious arms, which award fearlessness throughout the universe, He took hold of Vāsuki and began churning the ocean, using Mandara Mountain as a churning rod. When engaged in this way, the Lord appeared like a beautifully situated mountain named Indranīla.

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