श्रीशिव उवाच
अहो बत भवान्येतत् प्रजानां पश्य वैशसम् ।
क्षीरोदमथनोद्भूतात् कालकूटादुपस्थितम् ॥ ३७ ॥
sri-sivah uvaca-Sri Siva said; aho bata-how pitiable; bhavani-my dear wife, Bhavani; etat-this situation; prajanam-of all living entities; pasya-just see; vaisasam-very dangerous; ksira-uda-of the ocean of milk; mathana-udbhutat-produced by the churning; kalakutat-because of the production of poison; upasthitam-the present situation.
Lord Siva said: My dear Bhavani, just see how all these living entities have been placed in danger because of the poison produced from the churning of the ocean of milk.