SB 8.12.45

SB 8.12.45

Devanagari

श्रीशुक उवाच
इति तेऽभिहितस्तात विक्रम: शार्ङ्गधन्वन: । सिन्धोर्निर्मथने येन धृत: पृष्ठे महाचल: ॥ ४५ ॥

Verse text

śrī-śuka uvāca
iti te ’bhihitas tāta
vikramaḥ śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ
sindhor nirmathane yena
dhṛtaḥ pṛṣṭhe mahācalaḥ

Synonyms

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said ; iti — thus ; te — unto you ; abhihitaḥ — explained ; tāta — my dear King ; vikramaḥ — prowess ; śārṅga-dhanvanaḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who carries the Śārṅga bow ; sindhoḥ — of the Ocean of Milk ; nirmathane — in the churning ; yena — by whom ; dhṛtaḥ — was held ; pṛṣṭhe — on the back ; mahā-acalaḥ — the great mountain.

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, the person who bore the great mountain on His back for the churning of the Ocean of Milk is the same Supreme Personality of Godhead, known as Śārṅga-dhanvā. I have now described to you His prowess.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! I have described the prowess of the Lord, holder of the Śārṅga bow, who bore the great mountain on his back for churning of the ocean of milk.