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kvacit samudra-madhya-stho
dorbhyām utkṣipya taj-jalam
deśān nāgāyuta-prāṇo
velā-kūle nyamajjayat

kvacit — once; samudra — of the ocean; madhya — in the midst; sthaḥ — standing; dorbhyām — with his arms; utkṣipya — churning up; tat — its; jalam — water; deśān — the kingdoms; nāga — elephants; ayuta — (like) ten thousand; prāṇaḥ — whose vital strength; velā — of the coast; kūle — upon the shore; nyamajjayat — he caused to drown.

Another time he entered the ocean and, with the strength of ten thousand elephants, churned up its water with his arms and thus submerged the coastal regions.

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