—json {

  "name":"SB 8.7.43",
  "h1":"SB 8.7.43",
  "label":"Text 43",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.7.43",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 8.7.43

Text

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.