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ततः करतलीकृत्य व्यापि हालाहलं विषम् ।
अभक्षयन्महादेवः कृपया भूतभावनः ॥
 
Then, taking the spreading Halahala
poison on his palm, the great God Siva,
the gratifier of beings, swallowed it, in
his compassion.
 
तस्यापि दर्शयामास स्ववीर्य जलकल्मषः ।
यच्चकार गले नीलं तच्च साधोर्विभूषणम् ॥
 
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On God Siva also, that stain of waters,
the poison, displayed its powers; for it
stained His throat dark; but to that
benefactor, the stain was an ornament.
 
तप्यन्ते लोकतापेन साधवः प्रायशो जनाः ॥
 
Generally, good men suffer themselves
as a result of the suffering of the world.
 
पीते गरे वृषाण प्रीतास्तेऽमरदानवाः ।
ममन्थुस्तरसा सिन्धुं हविर्धानी ततोऽभवत् ॥
 
When the poison had been drunk by
Siva, the gods and the demons were
satisfied and they churned the ocean
forcibly ; there arose then the cow
Kamadhenu.
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