नाहं हालाहलं मन्ये विषं यस्य प्रतिक्रिया । ब्रह्मस्वं हि विषं प्रोक्तं नास्य प्रतिविधिर्भुवि ॥ ३३ ॥
nāhaṁ hālāhalaṁ manye viṣaṁ yasya pratikriyā brahma-svaṁ hi viṣaṁ proktaṁ nāsya pratividhir bhuvi
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- hālāhalam
- the poison named hālāhala, which Lord Śiva is famous for having drunk without toxic effects
- manye
- I consider
- viṣam
- poison
- yasya
- of which
- pratikriyā
- counteraction
- brahma-svam
- a brāhmaṇa’s property
- hi
- indeed
- viṣam
- poison
- proktam
- called
- na
- not
- asya
- for it
- pratividhiḥ
- antidote
- bhuvi
- in the world
I do not consider hālāhala to be real poison, because it has an antidote. But a brāhmaṇa’s property, when stolen, can truly be called poison, for it has no antidote in this world.