तत: करतलीकृत्य व्यापि हालाहलं विषम् । अभक्षयन्महादेव: कृपया भूतभावन: ॥ ४२ ॥
tatah karatali-krtya vyapi halahalam visam abhaksayan maha-devah krpaya bhuta-bhavanah
- tatah
- thereafter
- karatali-krtya
- taking in his hand
- vyapi
- widespread
- halahalam
- called halahala
- visam
- poison
- abhaksayat
- drank
- maha-devah
- Lord Siva
- krpaya
- out of compassion
- bhuta-bhavanah
- for the welfare of all living entities.
Thereafter, Lord Siva, who is dedicated to auspicious, benevolent work for humanity, compassionately took the whole quantity of poison in his palm and drank it.