Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 12: The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.12.20

kaurmaḿ mātsyaḿ nārasiḿhaḿ

vāmanaḿ ca jagat-pateḥ

kṣīroda-mathanaḿ tadvad

amṛtārthe divaukasām

SYNONYMS

kaurmam — the incarnation as a tortoise; mātsyamas a fish; nārasiḿhamas a man-lion; vāmanamas a dwarf; ca — and; jagat-pateḥ — of the Lord of the universe; kṣīra-uda — of the ocean of milk; mathanam — the churning; tadvat — thus; amṛta-arthe — for the sake of nectar; diva-okasām — on the part of the inhabitants of heaven.

TRANSLATION

The Bhāgavatam also tells of the appearances of the Lord of the universe as Kūrma, Matsya, Narasiḿha and Vāmana, and of the demigods' churning of the milk ocean to obtain nectar.

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