0 mighty monarch, the oceans, the abode of the numerous acquatic creatures, became agitated; and the ocean-going rivers began to flow in directions opposite to their natural was courses.
चुक्षुभुश्च महाराज सागरा मकरालयाः। प्रतिस्रोतः प्रवृत्ताश्च तथा गन्तुं समुद्रगाः॥