Verse 10

¹⁰It was he who churned the sea and made the nectar ready for the gods, and who in the form of a tortoise held up Mandara as it turned in the water. ¹¹How, brahmin, was the ocean of milk churned by the Bhagavan? For what did he hold up the mountain, and why, in the shape of one who lives in the water? ¹²How was the nectar got by the gods, and what else came about from it? Tell me this act of the Bhagavan's, which is past all wonder. ¹³My mind, long burnt by its burning, does not get its fill of the greatness of the lord of the Satvatas as you tell it out. ¹⁴So asked, brahmins, the revered son of Dvaipayana welcomed the question and set about telling of the might of Hari.