ततो निश्चित्य मथनं योक्त्रं कृत्वा च वासुकिम्। मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा ममन्थुरमितौजसः॥
tato niścitya mathanaṃ yoktraṃ kṛtvā ca vāsukim| manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthuramitaujasaḥ||
English Meaning
Then deciding upon churning (the ocean), those ones of immeasurable energy making Vasuki the cord, and the Mandara (hill), the stick, began to churn the deep.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)