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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.3

tata uccaiḥśravā nāma

hayo 'bhūc candra-pāṇḍuraḥ

tasmin baliḥ spṛhāḿ cakre

nendra īśvara-śikṣayā

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — thereafter; uccaiḥśravāḥ nāma — by the name Uccaiḥśravā; hayaḥa horse; abhūt — was generated; candra-pāṇḍuraḥ — being as white as the moon; tasmin — unto it; baliḥMahārāja Bali; spṛhām cakre — desired to possess; na — not; indraḥ — the King of the demigods; īśvara-śikṣayā — by the previous advice of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, a horse named Uccaiḥśravā, which was as white as the moon, was generated. Bali Mahārāja desired to possess this horse, and Indra, the King of heaven, did not protest, for he had previously been so advised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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