Dhanvantari, physician of the gods, rose from the Samudra Manthan bearing the pot of Amrita, the nectar of immortality that the devas and asuras had labored to produce by churning the Ocean of Milk.
Garuda stole the Amrita from heaven, defeating gods and overcoming fire, razor wheels, and guardian serpents to seize the nectar of immortality and ransom his mother Vinata from slavery.
Amrita, the nectar of immortality, emerged from the churning of the Kshira Sagara. The physician-god Dhanvantari rose from the ocean bearing the pot of Amrita, which the Devas and Asuras then fought to possess.
The Nagas covet the Amrita, the nectar of immortality produced during the Samudra Manthan. Garuda stole the Amrita from the gods and briefly offered it to the Nagas to free his mother Vinata from Kadru's servitude.
The demon Svarbhanu disguised himself among the gods during the distribution of Amrita and swallowed a mouthful of the nectar before Surya and Chandra exposed him, and Vishnu severed his head with the Sudarshana Chakra — but the immortalizing nectar had already passed his throat, so his head lived on as Rahu.
Vishnu distributed the Amrita exclusively to the Devas in his Mohini form after the churning of the ocean, deceiving the Asuras who had claimed an equal share.
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