Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 45, Shloka 18
विशालानगरीप्रवेशः
Entry toward Viśālā and the Indra–Kṣīrodamathana Legend
ततो निश्चित्य मथनं योक्त्रं कृत्वा च वासुकिम्।मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा ममन्थुरमितौजस:।।।।
tato niścitya mathanaṃ yoktraṃ kṛtvā ca vāsukim | manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā mamanthur amitaujasaḥ ||
ထို့နောက် မန္ထနပြုရန် အဆုံးအဖြတ်ချပြီး ဝါသုကီနဂါးကို ကြိုးအဖြစ် သတ်မှတ်ကာ မန္ဒရတောင်ကို မန္ထနတံအဖြစ် ပြုလုပ်၍ အင်အားမခန့်မှန်းနိုင်သောသူတို့က ကုလားပင်လယ်ကို စတင်မွှေကြသည်။
Thereupon, having decided to churn (the ocean mind) those very powerful ones, made Vasuki, (the great snake), as a rope and Mandara mountain as the churning rod.And started churning it.
FAQs
Dharma is seen in determination and coordinated effort: great undertakings require resolve, proper instruments, and shared responsibility—yet dharma also later evaluates whether the strong use power with restraint.
The churning is operationalized: Vāsuki is used as the rope and Mandara as the churning rod.
Perseverance and organization—turning intention into sustained action.