Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 40 Verses 17-18

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.17-18

namaḥ kāraṇa-matsyāya

pralayābdhi-carāya ca

hayaśīrṣṇe namas tubhyaḿ

madhu-kaiṭabha-mṛtyave

akūpārāya bṛhate

namo mandara-dhāriṇe

kṣity-uddhāra-vihārāya

namaḥ śūkara-mūrtaye

SYNONYMS

namaḥ — obeisances; kāraṇa — who is the original cause of creation; matsyāya — to the Supreme Lord's appearance as a fish; pralaya — of annihilation; abdhi — in the ocean; carāya — who moved about; ca — and; haya-śīrṣṇe — to the incarnation who appeared with the head of a horse; namaḥ — obeisances; tubhyam — to You; madhu-kaiṭabha — of the demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha; mṛtyave — to the killer; akūpārāya — to the tortoise; bṛhate — huge; namaḥ — obeisances; mandara — of Mandara Mountain; dhāriṇe — to the holder; kṣiti — of the earth; uddhāra — the lifting up; vihārāya — whose pleasure; namaḥ — obeisances; śūkara — of a boar; mūrtaye — to the form.

TRANSLATION

I offer my obeisances to You, the cause of the creation, Lord Matsya, who swam about in the ocean of dissolution, to Lord Hayagrīva, the killer of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, to the immense tortoise [Lord Kūrma], who supported Mandara Mountain, and to the boar incarnation [Lord Varāha], who enjoyed lifting the earth.

PURPORT

The Viśva-kośa dictionary states that the word akūpārāya indicates the king of tortoises.

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