SB 8.7.43

TEXT 43

TEXT

तस्यापि दर्शयामास स्ववीर्यं जलकल्मषः ।
यच्चकार गले नीलं तच्च साधोर्विभूषणम् ॥ ४३ ॥

tasyapi darsayam asa

sva-viryam jala-kalmasah

yac cakara gale nilam

tac ca sadhor vibhusanam

tasya-of Lord Siva; api-also; darsayam asa-exhibited; sva-viryam-its own potency; jala-kalmasah-that poison born of the water; yat-which; cakara-made; gale-on the neck; nilam-bluish line; tat-that; ca-also; sadhoh-of the saintly person; vibhusanam-ornament.

TRANSLATION

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

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