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ŚB 8.7.37

Devanagari

श्रीशिव उवाच
अहो बत भवान्येतत् प्रजानां पश्य वैशसम् ।
क्षीरोदमथनोद्भ‍ूतात् कालकूटादुपस्थितम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

śrī-śiva uvāca
aho bata bhavāny etat
prajānāṁ paśya vaiśasam
kṣīroda-mathanodbhūtāt
kālakūṭād upasthitam

Synonyms

śrī-śivaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śiva said; aho bata — how pitiable; bhavāni — my dear wife, Bhavānī; etat — this situation; prajānām — of all living entities; paśya — just see; vaiśasam — very dangerous; kṣīra-uda — of the Ocean of Milk; mathana-udbhūtāt — produced by the churning; kālakūṭāt — because of the production of poison; upasthitam — the present situation.

Translation

Lord Śiva said: My dear Bhavānī, 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.