मंदरस्य समीपे तु चेरतुर्विपुलं तपः
Near Mount Mandara, they performed intense austerities.
तयोः संक्षोभणार्थाय वासवेन वराप्सराः
To disturb them, Indra sent the most beautiful celestial nymphs.
तस्याः संदर्शनादेव क्षुभितौ तौ सुरोत्तमौ
Merely by seeing her, those two exalted gods were agitated.
निमेः शापात्तत्र जातो वशिष्ठो भगवानृषिः
By the curse of Nimi, the divine sage Vasiṣṭha was born there.
मलयस्यैकदेशे तु वैखानसविधानतः
In one part of the Malaya mountains, according to the Vaikhānasa tradition,
आस्तां दैत्यौ पुरा दुष्टावादौ कृतयुगस्य तु
Long ago, in the Kṛta Yuga, two wicked Daityas dwelled there.
तयोरेकोऽभवन्मेषो द्वितीयो भोज्यदायकः
Of those two, one became a ram, the other a provider of food.
अथान्यस्मिन्दिने दैत्यो ह्यगस्त्यं संन्यमन्त्रयत् 4.118.
Then, on another day, the Daitya invited Agastya with mantras.
अगस्त्योप्यभवच्छ्राद्धे धौरेयो रोषदर्पितः
Agastya, filled with anger and pride, became the chief at the śrāddha.
परिविष्यमाणेषु तेषु स्तिमितं प्राह दानवम्
As they were serving the food, he sternly addressed the Dānava.
मैषं मांसं ततः प्रादादिल्वलः कुपितस्तदा
Then Ilvala, enraged, served him ram's meat.
शुचिर्बभौ ततः प्राह वातापिमिल्वलः शनैः
He shone with purity, and then Ilvala quietly called out to Vātāpi.
तच्छ्रुत्वागस्त्यविप्रोऽपि उद्गारं कृतवान्गुरुम्
Hearing this, the sage Agastya belched loudly.
जीर्णोऽयं भस्मभूतोऽयं वातापिर्ब्रह्मकंटकः
He said, 'This one is digested, this one is reduced to ashes—Vātāpi, the tormentor of Brahmins.'
भस्मीभूतः क्षणेनैव ततः शांतं जगद्बभौ
In an instant, he was turned to ashes, and the world became peaceful.
संमंत्र्य निश्चयं मेरौ ततोऽगस्त्यमुपागताः
After deliberating and deciding on Mount Meru, they approached Agastya.
तेऽगस्त्यमाहुर्ब्रह्मर्षे समुद्रं शोषयस्व वै
They said to Agastya, 'O Brahmin sage, please drink up the ocean.'
तया पीतः समुद्रोऽपि भ्रांतमीनोर्मिकच्छपः 4.118.
By him the ocean was drunk, and the waves, fish, and turtles were left confused.
क्षयं नीताः क्षणात्सर्वे क्रन्दमानाः पुनःपुनः
All were swiftly destroyed, crying out again and again.
अथ गंगानदीतोयैः संपूर्णे सागरे पुनः
Then, when the ocean was filled again by the waters of the Ganga river,
ममंथुः सहिताः सर्वे समुद्रं दैत्यदानवाः
all the Daityas and Danavas together churned the ocean.
अतिलोभान्मथ्यमाने सागरे पयसां निधौ
Due to excessive greed, as the ocean—the reservoir of waters—was being churned,
येनासौ सुरसंघाते आघूर्णिता इवाभवत्
by which the assembly of gods was tossed about as if agitated.
निर्गम्य च वधं चक्रुर्मुनीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम्
Emerging, they killed the sages of pure vows.
समुद्रमध्ये न ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मा नारायणो हरः
In the midst of the ocean, Brahma, Narayana, and Hara did not recognize it.
ततो मन्त्रैः शंकरेण किञ्चित्तत्रैव भक्षितम्
Then, by the mantras of Shankara, a little was consumed right there.
ब्रह्मापि चेतनां प्राप्य अब्रह्मण्यमुवाच ह
Even Brahma, regaining consciousness, spoke what was unbefitting of Brahma.
अगस्त्यो दक्षिणाशायां लङ्कामूले महामुनिः 4.118.
Agastya, the great sage, at the foot of Lanka in the southern direction,
एवमुक्ता गता देवा अगस्त्याश्रमदक्षिणाम्
Thus addressed, the gods went to the southern hermitage of Agastya.
ध्यानं चक्रे विषं येन हिमाद्रौ संप्रवेशितम्
He meditated, by which the poison entered the Himalayas.