देवान्तकः समादाय परिघं हेमभूषणम्। परिगृह्य गिरि दोभ्यां वपुर्विष्णोविडम्बयन्॥
devāntakaḥ samādāya parighaṃ hemabhūṣaṇam| parigṛhya giri dobhyāṃ vapurviṣṇoviḍambayan||
English Meaning
Taking a bludgeon decked in golden Ornaments, Devántaka resembled Vişņu at the time of the churning of the ocean, holding the Dorbhya* and staying burthening (the earth). *The mountain Mandara which served as the churning-stick..
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)