Valmiki Ramayana 1.45.19: Bala Kanda, Sarga 45, Shloka 19
विशालानगरीप्रवेशः · Entry toward Viśālā and the Indra
Kṣīrodamathana Legend
अथ वर्षसहस्रेण योक्त्रसर्पशिरांसि च ।
वमन्त्यति विषं तत्र ददंशुर्दशनैश्शिलाः ॥१९॥
atha varṣasahasreṇa yoktra-sarpa-śirāṃsi ca |
vamanty ati-viṣaṃ tatra dadaṃśur daśanaiḥ śilāḥ ||19||
एक हज़ार साल बाद वासुकि के सर दर्द करने लगे। वो सब ज़हर उगलने लगे। उनके दाँत इतने तेज़ थे कि वो पर्वत के पत्थरों को काटने लगे।
After a thousand years, the hoods of the snake made as rope vomitted venom and started biting the rocks of the Mandara mountain with their teeth.
FAQs
The verse underscores consequence-awareness: even righteous aims can produce danger (poison) during effort; dharma requires responsibility for harmful byproducts and protection of others through truthful acknowledgment of risk.
As the churning continues for a long time, poison emerges; the serpent-rope’s heads spew venom and damage the mountain’s rocks.
Endurance under hardship and the implicit need for restraint—powerful forces, if unchecked, become destructive.
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