Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 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; mātsyam — as a fish; nārasiḿham — as a man-lion; vāmanam — as 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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