Verse 1
What the sea gave up· Verses 1–8
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1When the poison had been drunk by him whose sign is the bull, the immortals and the Danavas took heart and churned the sea hard; and out of it came the cow that holds the offering. 2That cow of the fire offering the sages took, those who speak of Brahman, king, for the pure oblation of the sacrifice that is the road of the gods. 3Then a horse named Uccaihsravas came up, pale as the moon. Bali set his heart on it; Indra did not, because the Lord had told him so. 4Then the lord of elephants named Airavata came out, carrying off with his four tusks the greatness of the white mountain of the revered one, Siva. 5Then there was the gem called Kaustubha, the ruby of the great ocean. Hari set his heart on that stone, to be an ornament for his chest.
6Then came the parijata tree, the ornament of the world of the gods, which fills those who ask with the things they ask for, always, as you do here on earth. 7Then the apsarases were born, gold at their throats and fine cloth on them, delighting the dwellers in heaven with their lovely walk and their playful looks. 8Then Sri, Fortune, who belongs wholly to the Bhagavan, appeared in her own person, colouring the quarters with her loveliness as lightning of the Saudamani kind does.