1411. Using Mandara mountain as a churning stick
and Vāsuki the snake as a rope,
when he churned the wave-filled milky ocean with his thousand arms,
the sound of the churning rose to the sky roaring,
the waves rose high and touched the sky
and everything there, the moon, the sun
and all the gods, saw it and were amazed.
He stays in divine Thiruvarangam.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
In a magnificent display of His divine līlā, or celestial play, the Supreme Lord, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, undertook the monumental task of churning the great Milky Ocean. This divine act, performed for the welfare of the devatās, reveals both His immeasurable power and His boundless compassion. The Āzhvār captures this glorious episode with profound reverence, describing