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Prabhupāda: [sings Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.

Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [obeisances]

Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto One, Chapter 3, text 16. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

surāsurāṇām udadhiṁ mathnatāṁ mandarācalam dadhre kamaṭha-rūpeṇa pṛṣṭha ekādaśe vibhuḥ

[SB 1.3.16]

Prabhupāda: Ladies. [ladies chant] That's all right. Word meaning?

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms]

sura---the theists; asurāṇām---of the atheists; udadhim---in the ocean; mathnatām---churning; mandarācalam---the Mandarācala Hill; dadhre---sustained; kamaṭha---tortoise; rūpeṇa---in the form of; pṛṣṭhe---shell; ekādaśe---the …

[11:24]

Translation = "The eleventh incarnation of the Lord was in the form of a tortoise, whose shell served as a …

Prabhupāda: So, yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇa devāya tasmai namaḥ [SB 12.13.1]. The mantra, there is mantra, that yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ. …

In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said āsuri. Āsuri, this word has come from this āsura. Adjective. Asura is nominative. So …

So unlimited. Unlimited. Yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇa devāya tasmai namaḥ. Devāya, that Supreme Lord, we simply offer our respectful obeisance. …

So surāsura-gaṇa udadhiṁ mathnatām. Churning. Once upon a time they churned the whole ocean. Now, churning the ocean... You have …

That is kamaṭha-rūpeṇa. Lord accepted the... Because the kamaṭha, the tortoise, can live within the water and without the water …

kṣitir iha vipulatare tiṣṭhati tava pṛṣṭhe dharaṇi-dhāraṇa-kiṇa-cakra-gariṣṭhe keśava dhṛta-kūrma-śarīra jaya jagadīśa hare

[Śrī Daśāvatāra Stotra 2]

This Kūrma, kamaṭha-rūpeṇa.

Now, the surāsura-gaṇa, they are standing on the ocean. If you go up to your waist in the water, you …