SB 8.7.43
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 43
- tasyāpi darśayām āsa
- sva-vīryaṁ jala-kalmaṣaḥ
- yac cakāra gale nīlaṁ
- tac ca sādhor vibhūṣaṇam
SYNONYMS
tasya—of Lord Śiva; api—also; darśayām āsa—exhibited; sva-vīryam—its own potency; jala-kalmaṣaḥ—that poison born of the water; yat—which; cakāra—made; gale—on the neck; nīlam—bluish line; tat—that; ca—also; sādhoḥ—of the saintly person; vibhūṣaṇam—ornament.
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.