Continuing my Krishna verses

समुद्रमन्थने मेरुमुद्धर्तुं मज्जनक्षणे ।

महापृष्ठोऽभवत् कूर्मो धृतरक्षाव्रतो हरि: ।।७२८।।

To lift up the mountain Meru at the moment of drowning during the churning of the ocean [by gods and demons], Krishna/Vishnu, with the responsibility to protect the world, became a tortoise with a large back.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus

Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan

[Residence: Campbell, California]