Srimadh Bagawatham - Churning of Milky Ocean Part 2

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As the Asuras held the head of Vasuki they  started to suffocate from Vasuki’s poisonous breath. Soon the Devas and Asuras fell down exhausted. The heat from vasuki’s breath along with the poisonous fumes became unbearable. The Asuras and the Devas pleaded with Perumal to help them.

Perumal asked them to move away. He sat in the middle and churned the ocean single handedly. As Baby Krishna, He saw a gopi churning for butter. He requested to help her by guiding her hands with His hands. The same Lord asked the Devas and the Asuras to move away from Him. This is because the Devas and Asuras are not His devotees while the gopi was His devotee.

The Lord looked very charming with beads of perspiration on His forehead, His hair came undone and strands of hair framed His beautiful face. His earrings swayed rhythmically as His bracelets chimed in tune to the earrings. He churned with concentration with the intention of recovering His beloved consort Goddess Sri Devi. For her, He churned the milky ocean while supporting mount Mandara from the top as well as the bottom.

The Devas and Asuras looked into the swirling ocean with eagerness. All of a sudden a dark cloud of poisonous fumes arose. Everyone gathered to watch the churning started to cough. They suffered from aphixiation. The merciful Lord asked Lord Rudra to swallow the poison. Lord Rudra gulped the poison but retained it in his neck. His neck turned blue due to the presence of poison and he came to be called as Neelakantan (the one with blue-neck)

Soon all kinds of wealth started to appear. The on-lookers waited eagerly to see what would come out of the ocean.

From the swirling ocean to the amazement of everyone gathered there appeared a beautiful cow. She was Surabhi the “cow of plenty” also known as Kamadhenu. Perumal presented her to the Saptha Rishi so that she may give them sufficient milk and ghee for their Yagnams.

Again the onlookers looked intently at the swirling ocean and after some time came the horse Uccaihs'ravâs to the top. The Devas and the Asuras marvelled the beautiful white horse. Both Indra and Asura Bali ran towards the horse and caught hold of its bridle. As they started to fight over the horse, Perumal interceeded and asked Devendran to let the horse be taken by Bali.

Next came the white elephant Airâvata the first of eight elephants for each of the eight direction along with a group of eight female elephants.  Abhramu was the leader of the eight female elephants.
The ocean swirled again and the milky water became suddenly radiant as the Kaustubha jewel came out of the ocean floor. The kaustubha jwel has five blue precious jems. The centre gem is surrounded by four jems. The centre jem represents Paramatma while the other four gems represent the jeevatma. It is my humble opinion that each of the other four might also represent the achit along with the three types of jeevatmas (badha, mukta and nithya). The gem was taken by Perumal.

As the ocean swirled a divine fragrance filled the air. Everyone looked eagerly into the swirling waters to identify the source of the fragrance and the pârijâta tree also know as the kalpakavriksham came up. The tree was covered with beautiful coral jasmine flowers. This divine tree was also the wish fulfilling tree as it had the capacity to grant any wish sought by a person.

Beautiful celestial maidens called the Apsaras followed the tree. They wore excellent jwellery and had dazzling smile. Their grace and beauty enchanted everyone. The Apsaras were given to the Devas.

The swirling waters cast a divine glow and turned golden in colour. Everyone peered inside the ocean to see what would appear next. 

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