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Chapter 7: Lord Śiva Saves the Universe by Drinking Poison

Verse 43 of 46
SB 8.7.43

तस्यापि दर्शयामास स्ववीर्यं जलकल्मषः यच्चकार गले नीलं तच्च साधोर्विभूषणम्

tasyāpi darśayām āsa sva-vīryaṁ jala-kalmaṣaḥ yac cakāra gale nīlaṁ tac ca sādhor vibhūṣaṇam

Synonyms

tasyaof Lord Śiva; apialso; darśayām āsaexhibited; sva-vīryamits own potency; jala-kalmaṣaḥthat poison born of the water; yatwhich; cakāramade; galeon the neck; nīlambluish line; tatthat; caalso; sādhoḥof the saintly person; vibhūṣaṇamornament..

Translation

As if in defamation, the poison born from the ocean of milk manifested its potency by marking Lord Śiva's neck with a bluish line. That line, however, is now accepted as an ornament of the Lord.

Verse 43 of 46
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