SB 8.7.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 7: Lord Śiva Saves the Universe by Drinking Poison

SB 8.7.9 - SB 8.7.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

surāsurendrair bhuja-vīrya-vepitaṁ

paribhramantaṁ girim aṅga pṛṣṭhataḥ

bibhrat tad-āvartanam ādi-kacchapo

mene 'ṅga-kaṇḍūyanam aprameyaḥ

SYNONYMS

sura-asura-indraiḥ — by the leaders of the demons and the demigods; bhuja-vīrya — by the strength of their arms; vepitam — moving; paribhramantam — rotating; girim — the mountain; aṅga — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; pṛṣṭhataḥ — on His back; bibhrat — bore; tat — of that; āvartanam — the rotating; ādi-kacchapaḥ — as the supreme original tortoise; mene — considered; aṅga-kaṇḍūyanam — as pleasing scratching of the body; aprameyaḥ — unlimited.

TRANSLATION

O King, when the demigods and demons, by the strength of their arms, rotated Mandara Mountain on the back of the extraordinary tortoise, the tortoise accepted the rolling of the mountain as a means of scratching His body, and thus He felt a pleasing sensation.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always the unlimited. Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His body as a tortoise, held on His back the largest of mountains, Mandara-parvata, He did not feel any inconvenience. On the contrary, He apparently felt some itching, and thus the rotation of the mountain was certainly very pleasing.

SB 8.7.9 - SB 8.7.11