तस्यापि दर्शयामास स्ववीर्यं जलकल्मष: । यच्चकार गले नीलं तच्च साधोर्विभूषणम् ॥ ४३ ॥
tasyapi darsayam asa sva-viryam jala-kalmasah yac cakara gale nilam tac ca sadhor vibhusanam
- tasya
- of Lord Siva
- api
- also
- darsayam asa
- exhibited
- sva-viryam
- its own potency
- jala-kalmasah
- that poison born of the water
- yat
- which
- cakara
- made
- gale
- on the neck
- nilam
- bluish line
- tat
- that
- ca
- also
- sadhoh
- of the saintly person
- vibhusanam
- ornament.
As if in defamation, the poison born from the ocean of milk manifested its potency by marking Lord Siva’s neck with a bluish line. That line, however, is now accepted as an ornament of the Lord.