Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 8: The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.35

tam ālokyāsurāḥ sarve

kalasaḿ cāmṛtābhṛtam

lipsantaḥ sarva-vastūni

kalasaḿ tarasāharan

SYNONYMS

tam — him; ālokya — seeing; asurāḥ — the demons; sarve — all of them; kalasam — the container of nectar; ca — also; amṛta-ābhṛtam — filled with nectar; lipsantaḥ — desiring strongly; sarva-vastūni — all objects; kalasam — the jug; tarasā — immediately; aharan — snatched away.

TRANSLATION

Upon seeing Dhanvantari carrying the jug of nectar, the demons, desiring the jug and its contents, immediately snatched it away by force.

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