Text 19]
Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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nirmathyamānād udadher abhūd viṣaṁ maholbaṇaṁ hālahalāhvam agrataḥ sambhrānta-mīnonmakarāhi-kacchapāt timi-dvipa-grāha-timiṅgilākulāt
nirmathyamānāt—while the activities of churning were going on; udadheḥ—from the ocean; abhūt—there was; viṣaṁ—poison; mahā-ulbaṇaṁ—very fierce; hālahala-āhvam—by the name hālahala; agrataḥ—at first; sambhrānta—agitated and going here and there; mīna—various kinds of fish; unmakara—sharks; ahi—different kinds of snakes; kacchapāt—and many kinds of tortoises; timi—whales; dvipa—water elephants; grāha—crocodiles; timiṅgila—whales that can swallow whales; ākulāt—being very much agitated.
TRANSLATION
The fish, sharks, tortoises and snakes were most agitated and perturbed. The entire ocean became turbulent, and even the large aquatic animals like whales, water elephants, crocodiles and timiṅgila fish [large whales that can swallow small whales] came to the surface. While the ocean was being churned in this way, it first produced a fiercely dangerous poison called hālahala.
TEXT 19
तदुग्रवेगं दिशि दिश्युपर्यथो
विसर्पदुत्सर्पदसह्यमप्रति
।
भीताः प्रजा दुद्धुवुरङ्ग सेश्वरा
अरक्ष्यमाणाः शरणं सदाशिवम् ॥१९॥
tad ugra-vegaṁ diśi diśy upary adho visarpad utsarpad asahyam aprati bhītāḥ prajā dudruvur aṅga seśvarā arakṣyamāṇāḥ śaraṇaṁ sadāśivam
tat—that; ugra-vegaṁ—very fierce and potent poison; diśi diśi—in all directions; upari—upward; adhaḥ—downward; visarpat—curling;