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Mbh.1.17.1326	SECTION XVII Astika Parva continued Sauti said, O ascetic, about this time the two sisters saw approaching near, that steed of complacent appearance named Uchchaihsravas who was worshipped by the gods, that gem of steeds, who arose at the churning of the Ocean for nectar.
Mbh.1.17.1328	Saunaka asked, Why did the gods churn the Ocean for nectar, and under what circumstances and when as you say, did that best of steeds so powerful and resplendent spring'
Mbh.1.17.1339	Seeing the celestial assembly in anxious mood Nara-yana said to Brahman, Do thou churn the Ocean with the gods and the Asuras.
Mbh.1.17.1341	O ye gods, chum the Ocean, ye will discover amrita
Mbh.1.18.1353	And the gods came to the shore of the Ocean with Ananta and addressed the Ocean, saying, O Ocean; we have come to churn thy waters for obtaining nectar'
Mbh.1.18.1354	And the Ocean replied, Be it so, as I shall not go without a share of it.
Mbh.1.18.1372	After the churning, O Brahmana, had gone on for some time, gummy exudations of various trees and herbs vested with the properties of amrita mingled with the waters of the Ocean.
Mbh.1.18.1382	After a while, the mild Moon of a thousand rays emerged from the Ocean.
Mbh.1.20.1436	SECTION XX Astika Parva continued Sauti said, Thus have I recited to you the whole story of how Amrita was churned out of the Ocean, and the occasion on which the horse Uchchaihsravas of great beauty and incomparable prowess was obtained.
Mbh.1.21.1459	On their way they saw the Ocean, that receptacle of waters, vast and deep, rolling and tremendously roaring, full of fishes large enough to swallow the whale, and abounding with huge makaras and creatures of various forms by thousands, and rendered inaccessible by the presence of other terrible, monster-shaped, dark, and fierce aquatic animals, abounding with tortoises and crocodiles, the mine of all kinds of gems, the home of Varuna the water-God, the excellent and beautiful residence of the Nagas, the lord of all rivers, the abode of the subterranean fire, the friend or asylum of the Asuras, the terror of all creatures, the grand reservoir of water, and ever immutable.
Mbh.1.22.1481	And having laid the wager, O best of Brahmanas, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata, the daughters of Daksha, proceeded in great delight along the sky to see the other side of the Ocean.
Mbh.1.22.1482	And on their way they saw the Ocean, that receptacle of waters, incapable of being easily disturbed, mightily agitated all of a sudden by the wind, and roaring tremendously; abounding with fishes capable of swallowing the whale and full of makaras; containing also creatures of diverse forms counted by thousands; frightful from the presence of horrible monsters, inaccessible, deep, and terrible, the mine of all kinds of gems, the home of Varuna the water-god, the wonderful habitations of the Nagas, the lord of rivers, the abode of the subterranean fire; the residence of the Asuras and of many dreadful creatures; the reservoir of water, not subject to decay, aromatic, and wonderful, the great source of the amrita of the celestials; immeasurable and inconceivable, containing waters that are holy, filled to the brim by many thousands of great rivers, dancing as it were in waves.
Mbh.1.22.1483	Such was the Ocean, full of rolling waves, vast as the expanse of the sky, deep, of body lighted with the flames of subterranean fire, and roaring, which the sisters quickly passed over
Mbh.1.23.1485	SECTION XXIII Astika Parva continued Sauti said, Having crossed the Ocean, Kadru of swift speed, accompanied by Vinata, soon alighted near the horse.
Mbh.1.25.1589	Thou art the great Ocean with heaving billows and abounding with whales, swallowers of whales, and makaras, and various fishes.
Mbh.1.62.3020	The Bharata is said to be as much a mine of gems as the vast Ocean or the great mountain Meru.
Mbh.2.48.1994	Bringing with them clarified butter in handsome Kamandalus made of gold, they did not obtain admission into the palace, and Ocean himself brought unto him in vessels of white copper the nectar that is generated within his waters and which is much superior to that which flowers and annual plants produce for Sakra.
Mbh.2.52.2185	And the Ocean himself brought in a sling that big conch of Varuna which the celestial artificer Viswakarman had constructed with a thousand Nishkas of gold, and which Prajapati had in a former Kalpa, presented unto India.
Mbh.2.66.2853	O Lord, O husband of Lakshmi, O Lord of Vraja Vrindavana, O destroyer of all afflictions, O Janarddana, rescue me who am sinking in the Kaurava Ocean.
Mbh.3.186.9240	And beholding Manu it said again, O pious and adorable father, take me to the Ganga, the favourite spouse of the Ocean so that I may live there; or do as thou listest.
Mbh.3.187.9382	And then, O Bharata, the Ocean oversteps his continents, the mountains sunder in fragments, and the Earth sinks under the increasing flood.
Mbh.3.275.13411	Then crossing the Ocean, the Ten headed Ravana reached Gokarna, the favourite resort of the illustrious god armed with the trident.
Mbh.3.281.13797	I will, however, pray to the Ocean for the necessary means.
Mbh.3.281.13802	The divine and illustrious Ocean then that lord of male and female rivers, surrounded by aquatic animals, appeared unto Rama in a vision.
Mbh.3.281.13803	And addressing Rama in sweet accents, the genius of the Ocean, surrounded by countless mines of gems, said, O son of Kausalya, tell me what aid, O bull among men, I am to render thee!
Mbh.3.281.13814	And having said these words, the genius of the Ocean disappeared.
Mbh.3.284.13916	Rama with his monkey host hath crossed the Ocean by a bridge and disregarding us all is waging a terrible war against us.
Mbh.3.284.13918	and it is to recover her that he hath come hither, after having made a bridge over the great Ocean.
Mbh.5.98.4648	The son, endued with great wisdom, of Varuna, the Lord of the Ocean, is even much distinguished for his conduct and disposition and for his holiness.
Mbh.5.102.4747	A single jet only of her milk, falling on the earth, created what is known as the sacred and the excellent Milky Ocean
Mbh.6.34.1594	I am Ocean among receptacles of water.
Mbh.6.120.6637	Like unto the vortex that occurs at the spot where the Ganga meets the Ocean, for a short while a vortex occurred there where the troops of both armies met and struck one another down.
Mbh.6.123.6825	As human beings are, in this world, foremost of all creatures, as Garuda is the foremost of all winged creatures; as the Ocean is the foremost among all receptacles of water and the cow among all quadrupeds; as the Sun is the foremost amongst all luminous bodies and Himavat among all mountains; as the Brahmana is the foremost among all castes, art thou the foremost of all bowmen!
Mbh.7.74.3231	If the Siddhas, the Rudras, the Vasus, with the Aswins, the Maruts with Indra: at their head the Viswadevas with other gods, the Pitris, the Gandharvas, Garuda, the Ocean, the mountains, the firmament, Heaven, Earth, the point of the compass cardinal and subsidiary, and the regents of those points, all the creatures that are domestic and all that are wild, in fact if all the mobile and the immobile beings together, become the protectors of the ruler of the Sindhus, yet, O slayer of Madhu, shalt thou behold Jayadratha slain by me tomorrow in battle with my arrows!
Mbh.7.74.3251	As Lakshmi is ever present in Soma, as water is ever present in the Ocean, know this, O Janarddana, that even so is my vow ever accomplished!
Mbh.7.113.5567	Having thus resisted Kritavarman who resembled the thousand-armed Arjuna of old, or Ocean himself of immeasurable might, Satyaki proceeded onwards.
Mbh.7.129.6446	Sanjaya said, Mounting upon another car that was duly equipped Karna once more proceeded against the son of Pandu, with the fury of the Ocean tossed by the tempest.
Mbh.8.34.1652	They made the excellent Ocean, that abode of the Danavas its other axle.
Mbh.8.42.2269	The immeasurable Ocean, that lord of all waters, rusheth with fierce impetuosity for overwhelming innumerable creatures.
Mbh.8.42.2272	Like the continent resisting the Ocean, I will today resist that mightiest of the mighty, that great warrior possessing the highest weapons, that hero like unto the Ocean's self of far-reaching arrows, fierce, and having shafts for his waves, while he will be engaged in overwhelming hostile kings.
Mbh.8.56.3216	Indeed that melancholy host stood motionless in that dreadful battle like the Ocean, O king, during a calm in autumn.
Mbh.8.56.3217	Stupefied, that host stood even like the Ocean in calm.
Mbh.9.33.2479	Proceeding to the western Ocean at the spot where the Sarasvati mingles with the Ocean, that vast receptacle of waters, let him adore that God of gods Mahadeva there!
Mbh.9.43.3129	Ocean gave him two mighty companions named Sangraha and Vigraha, both armed with maces.
Mbh.9.45.3358	Thou always residest, O god, in the Ocean, that home of makaras!
Mbh.9.45.3359	This Ocean, the lord of rivers, will then be under thy dominion!
Mbh.9.48.3537	Arrived at the coast of the Ocean, that lord of rivers, O Bharata, the righteous-souled Devala saw Jaigishavya arrived there before him.
Mbh.12.43.2178	Thou art the Ocean, thou art without attributes, thou hast three humps, thou hast three abodes, and thou takest human forms on earth, descending from heaven.
Mbh.12.49.2641	At these words, Ocean suddenly created for Jamadagni's son, on his other shore, a region called Surparaka.
Mbh.12.49.2662	Equal unto the lord of Maruts in energy, they have been brought up by Ocean.
Mbh.12.50.2675	The scions of Kshatriyas, troubled with the fear of Rama, were concealed and brought up by kine, Ocean, leopards, bears and apes.
Mbh.12.58.3242	Ocean, that lord of rivers, and Himavat, the king of mountains, and Sakra, O Yudhishthira, bestowed upon him inexhaustible wealth.
Mbh.12.112.6426	Bhishma said, In this connection is cited the old story of the discourse between the Ocean and the Rivers.
Mbh.12.112.6427	In days of old, eternal Ocean, that lord of Rivers, that refuge of the foes of the celestials, asked all the Rivers for resolving this doubt that had arisen in his mind'
Mbh.12.112.6428	The Ocean said, Ye Rivers, I see that all of you, with your full currents, bring away trees of large trunks, tearing them off with their roots and branches.
Mbh.12.112.6434	Thus addressed, the River Ganga, replied unto Ocean, that lord of all Rivers, in these words of grave import, fraught with reason, and, therefore, acceptable to all'
Mbh.12.121.6902	Meru was made the king of the mountains, and Ocean was made the lord of the rivers.
Mbh.12.165.9852	The Ocean became agitated with high billows and awful eddies.
Mbh.12.181.10936	From that Lotus sprang Brahman, that Ocean of Veda
Mbh.12.193.11600	Sometimes the Intelligence which is made up of the triple states already mentioned, transcends those three states by yoga, like the lord of rivers, viz, the Ocean, with his surges, transgressing his high continents
Mbh.12.273.16772	That path which leads to the Eastern Ocean is not the path by which one can go to the Western Ocean.
Mbh.12.283.17522	The Ocean rose in a surge.
Mbh.12.284.17584	Thou art the receptacle of the Ocean.
Mbh.12.284.17591	O thou of mighty form, the Ocean and the Sky are thy two forms.
Mbh.12.284.17640	Salutations to thee that art of the banks of Rivers, of Rivers themselves, and of the lord of all Rivers viz, the Ocean!
Mbh.12.284.17787	Thou art the Ocean.
Mbh.12.285.17865	From those five primal essences are created all creatures, and into those five great elements all creatures resolve themselves, repeatedly, like the infinite waves of the Ocean rising from the Ocean and subsiding into that which causes them.
Mbh.12.285.17907	As the lord of rivers, viz, the surging Ocean, always keeps within his continents, even so the Understanding, which exists in connection with the three states, exists in the Mind including the senses.
Mbh.12.295.18455	Indeed, as all rivers, male and female, have their refuge in the Ocean, even so men belonging to all the other orders have their refuge in the householder
Mbh.12.301.18889	Truly understanding gunas by the aid of hundreds of gunas, hundreds of faults, and diverse causes by hundreds of causes, ascertaining that the world is like the froth of water, enveloped by hundreds of illusions flowing from Vishnu, like a painted edifice, and as unsubstantial as a reed, beholding it to be as terrible as a dark pit, or as unreal as bubbles of water, for the years that compose its age are as shortlived compared to the duration of eternity as bubbles, seeing it exposed to immediate destruction, bereft of happiness, having certain ruin for its end and from which it can never escape, sunk in Rajas and Tamas, and utterly helpless like an elephant sunk in mire, noting all this, the Sankhyas, O king, endued with great wisdom, casting off all affections arising from one's relation towards one's children, by the aid, O king, of that extensive and all-embracing knowledge which their system advocates and cutting off quickly, with the weapon of knowledge and the bludgeon of penances, O Bharata, all inauspicious scents born of Rajas and all scents of a like nature arising from Tamas and all auspicious scents arising from Sattwa and all pleasures of the touch and of the other senses born of the same three qualities and inhering to the body, indeed, O Bharata, aided by the Yoga of knowledge, these Yatis crowned with success, cross the Ocean of life.
Mbh.12.301.18890	That Ocean, so terrible has sorrow for its waters.
Mbh.12.302.18998	O slayer of foes, I ask thee the distinction that exists, O thou of mighty arms, between the Deteriorating and the Undeteriorating ones for understanding them both truly, O delighter of the Kurus, Brahmanas conversant with the Vedas speak of thee as an Ocean of knowledge.
Mbh.12.308.19462	If in course of time he succeeds in crossing that Ocean of Ignorance in which he is sunk, he then succeeds in avoiding rebirth altogether and attaining to identity with the Supreme Soul.
Mbh.12.308.19463	The Ocean of Ignorance is terrible.
Mbh.12.308.19465	O Bharata, day after day, creatures are seen to fall and sink in that Ocean.
Mbh.12.308.19466	Since thou, O king, hast been freed from that eternal and limitless Ocean of Ignorance, thou, hast, therefore become freed from Rajas and also Tamas
Mbh.12.310.19514	It behoveth thee, O foremost of Brahmanas, to discourse on all these topics unto me that am solicitous of obtaining thy grace; I am ignorant while thou art an Ocean of knowledge.
Mbh.12.336.21550	The country where we underwent the austerest of penances, lies to the north of the mountains of Meru and on the shores of the Ocean of Milk.
Mbh.12.336.21555	On the northern shores of the Ocean of Milk there is an island of great splendour called by the name of White Island.
Mbh.12.339.21984	In days of yore, O monarch, the deities and the Asuras, uniting together, churned the Ocean and t wised the Amrita.
Mbh.12.339.21997	Sojourning through the welkin to the Ocean of Milk which is always the abode of nectar, and worshipping the great God there, he came back to his own hermitage.
Mbh.12.340.22045	In consequence of those penances of mine and of the restraint under which I kept my senses while I dwelt on the shores of the Ocean of milk, Narayana became gratified with me.
Mbh.12.340.22080	After this, those deities and Rishis, with Brahman, proceeded to the northern shores of the Ocean of milk, desirous of doing good to the three worlds.
Mbh.12.340.22188	Bow unto Him who always resides in the Ocean, and who is called Hari, and whose hair is like the blades of the Munja grass.
Mbh.12.342.22408	On the occasion of churning the Ocean for raising the amrita, Vrihaspati of Angiras race sat on the shores of the Ocean for performing the rite of Puruscharana.
Mbh.12.342.22410	At this Vrihaspati became angry and cursed the Ocean, saying, Since thou continuest to be so dirty regardless of the fact of my having come to thee for touching thee, since thou hast not become clear and transparent, therefore from this day thou shalt be tainted with fishes and sharks and tortoises and other aquatic animals.
Mbh.12.342.22572	While engaged in practising severe austerities on the breast of Meru, he summoned the Ocean to his presence.
Mbh.12.342.22573	The Ocean, however, disobeyed his summons.
Mbh.12.342.22574	Incensed at this, the Rishi, with the heat of his body, caused the waters of the Ocean to become as saltish in taste as the human sweat.
Mbh.12.342.22578	It is for this curse that the waters of the Ocean to this day are saltish to the taste and are drunk by no one else than the Equine-head
Mbh.12.342.22598	When in days of yore the Earth became submerged in the waters and lost to the view, I found her out and raised her from the depths of the Ocean.
Mbh.12.342.22661	O Partha, he that rises at the beginning of Creation from the Ocean of Milk at the earnest invocation of Brahmana and all the deities and who gives diverse boons unto the diverse deities, is none else than myself.
Mbh.12.342.22695	The Ocean itself became dry.
Mbh.12.347.22992	Janamejaya said, Tell me, O best of men, for what reason did Hari appear in that mighty form equipt with a horse-head and which Brahma, the Creator, beheld on the shores of the great northern Ocean on the occasion referred to by yourself
Mbh.12.348.23225	From those Rishis this excellent religion was obtained by the Great Ocean.
Mbh.12.350.23458	In the midst of the Ocean of milk, there is a very high mountain of great effulgence like that of gold, known, O monarch, by the name of Vaijayanta.
Mbh.12.351.23521	The great Ocean is the one parent of all the waters in the world seen under diverse circumstances.
Mbh.13.14.1399	Thou art the Ocean of milk among all oceans, among all rocky eminences thou art Himavat, among all the orders thou art the Brahmana, and among all learned Brahmanas thou art he that has undergone and is observant of the Diksha.
Mbh.13.17.1932	Thou art he who utters deep roars in the form of Ocean.
Mbh.13.17.2283	Thou art of the form of the vast waters that are contained in the Ocean.
Mbh.13.38.4290	Ocean can never be filled with the waters that rivers bring unto him.
Mbh.13.77.7047	The Ocean can never become impure.
Mbh.13.86.7958	Varuna gave him many auspicious and excellent, products of the Ocean, with some elephants.
Mbh.13.129.11104	By such an act one is said to increase Soma and the Ocean.
Mbh.13.149.12533	He that is Himself immobile and in whom all things rest for ever; He that is an object of proof; He that is the Indestructible and unchanging seed; He that is sought by all in consequence of His being happiness; He that has no desire in consequence of all His desires having been gratified; He that is the great cause which covers the universe: He that has all sorts of things to enjoy; He that has great wealth wherewith to secure all objects of desire CDXXVI, CDXXXIV; He that is above despair; He that exists in the form of Renunciation; He that is without birth; He that is the stake unto which Righteousness is tethered; He that is the great embodiment of sacrifice; He who is the nave of the starry wheel that revolves in the firmament He that is the Moon among the constellations; He that is competent to achieve every feat; He that stays in His own soul when all things disappear He that cherishes the desire for Creation CDXXXV, CDXLIV; He that is the embodiment of all sacrifices; He that is adored in all sacrifices and religious rites; He that is the most adorable of the deities present in the sacrifices that men perform; He that is the embodiment of all such sacrifices in which animals are offered up according to the ordinance; He that is adored by persons before they take any food He that is the Refuge of those that seek emancipation; He that beholds the acts and omissions of all creatures; He whose soul transcends all attributes; He that is possessed of omniscience; He that is identical with knowledge that is unacquired, unlimited, and capable of accomplishing everything CDXLV, CDLIV; He that is observant of excellent vows chief amongst which is the granting of favour unto one that solicits it with a pure heart; He that has a face always full of delight; He that is exceedingly subtle; He that utters the most agreeable sounds in the form of the Veda or as Krishna playing on the lute; He that gives happiness to all His worshippers; He that does good to others without expecting any return; He that fills all creatures with delight; He that has subdued wrath; He that has mighty arms so mighty that He has slain as if in sport the mightiest of Asuras; He that tears those that are unrighteous CDLV, CDLXIV; He that causes those persons who are destitute of knowledge of the soul to be steeped in the deep sleep of His illusion; He that relies on Himself being entirely independent of all persons and things; He that overspreads the entire universe; He that exists in infinite forms; He that is engaged in vocations infinite in number; He that lives in everything; He that is full of affection towards all His worshippers; He that is the universal father all living creatures of the universe being as calves sprung from Him; He that holds, in the form of the vast Ocean, all jewels and gems in His abdomen, He that is the Lord of all treasures CDLXV, CDLXXIV; He that is the protector of righteousness; He that accomplishes all the duties of righteousness; He that is the substratum of righteousness; He that is existent for all time; He that is non-existent in the form of the universe, for the manifested universe is the result of illusion; He that is destructible in the form of the universe; He that is indestructible as Chit; He that is, in the form of Jiva, destitute of true knowledge; He that is, in the form of the Sun, is endued with a thousand rays; He that ordains even all such great and mighty creatures as Sesha and Garuda, etc;
Mbh.13.150.12583	Indeed, O tiger among kings, those monarchs who, with restrained senses and tranquil soul, recite this Mantra every day, succeed in acquiring unrivalled prosperity, Salutations to Vasishtha of high vows after having bowed with reverence unto Parasara, that Ocean of the Vedas!
Mbh.13.153.12834	The Ocean, O king, that was full in former days of crystal water, cursed by the Brahmanas, became saline in taste
Mbh.13.153.12836	Behold, the sixty thousand sons of Sagara, who came here to adore the Ocean, have all been pulverised by the Brahmana.
Mbh.13.154.12909	At these words of the Rishi, the Ocean receded from the spot indicated, and land appeared which was exceedingly sterile.
Mbh.13.165.13692	Then comes the three-eyed Lord of Lima; then Skanda the generalissimo of the celestial forces; then Visakha; then Agni the eater of sacrificial libations; then Vayu the god of wind; then Chandramas; then Aditya the god of the sun, endued with effulgence; then the illustrious Sakra the lord of Sachi; and Yama with his spouse Dhumorna; and Varuna with Gauri; Kuvera the lord of treasures, with his spouse Riddhi; the amiable and illustrious cow Surabhi; the great Rishi Visravas; Sankalpa, Ocean, Gangs: the other sacred Rivers; the diverse Maruts; the Valkhilyas crowned with success of penances; the island-born Krishna; Narada; Parvata; Viswavasu; the Hahas; the Huhus; Tumvuru; Chitrasena; the celestial messenger of wide celebrity; the highly blessed celestial maidens; the celestial Apsaras, Urvasi, Menaka, Rambha; Misrakesi, Alamvusha, Viswachi, Ghritachi, Panchachuda, Tilottama, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Aswins, the Pitris; Dharma Righteousness; Vedic lore, Penances, Diksha, Perseverance in religious acts, the Grandsire, Day and Night, Kasyapa the son of Marichi, Sukra, Vrihaspati, Mangala the son of Earth, Vudha, Rahu, Sanischara, the Constellations, the Seasons, the Months, the Fortnights, the Year, Garuda, the son of Vinata, the several Oceans, the sons of Kadru, viz, the Snakes, Satadru, Vipasa, Chandrabhaga, Saraswati, Sindhu, Devika, Prabhasa, the lakes of Pushkara, Ganga, Mahanadi, Vena, Kaveri, Narmada, Kulampuna Visalya, Karatoya, Amvuvahini.
Mbh.14.29.1150	SECTION XXIX The Brahmana said, In this connection is cited the ancient story, O lady, of the discourse between Karttaviryya and the Ocean.
Mbh.14.29.1154	The Ocean, bowing down unto him, said, with joined hands, Do not, O hero, shoot thy shafts at me!
Mbh.14.29.1159	The Ocean said, If thou hast heard, O king, of the great Rishi Jamadagni, his son is competent to duly receive thee as a guest,
Mbh.14.33.1321	Those who, whatever the symbols and modes of life to which they adhere, have acquired an understanding having tranquillity for its essence, attain to that one entity even as numerous rivers all meeting the Ocean
Mbh.14.43.1723	Yama is the lord of the Pitris; Ocean is the lord of all rivers.
Mbh.16.4.165	Ocean himself, and many celestial snakes, and many sacred Rivers were there, for receiving him with honour.
Mbh.18.5.322	As the sacred Ocean, as the Himavat mountain, are both regarded as mines of precious gems, even so is this Bharata regarded as a mine of precious gems.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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