Text 38]
Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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śrī-śiva uvāca 
  aho bata bhavāny etat 
  prajānām paśya vaiśasam 
  kṣīroda-mathanodbhūtāt 
  kālakūṭād upasthitam
śrī-śivaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śiva said; aho bata—how pitiable; bhavāni—my dear wife, Bhavānī; etat—this situation; prajānām—of all living entities; paśya—just see; vaiśasam—very dangerous; kṣīra-uda—of the ocean of milk; mathana-udbhūtāt—produced by the churning; kālakūṭāt—because of the production of poison; upasthitam—the present situation.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva said: My dear Bhavānī, just see how all these living entities have been placed in danger because of the poison produced from the churning of the ocean of milk.
TEXT 38
आसां प्राणपरीप्सूनां विधेयमभयं हि मे । 
  एतावान्हि प्रमोरथों यद् दीनपरिपालनम् ॥३८॥
āsām prāṇa-parīpsūnām 
  vidheyam abhayam hi me 
  etāvān hi prabhor artho 
  yad dīna-parīpālanam
āsām—all of these living entities; prāṇa-parīpsūnām—very strongly desiring to protect their lives; vidheyam—something must be done; abhayam—safety; hi—indeed; me—by me; etāvān—this much; hi—indeed; prabhoḥ—of the master; arthaḥ—duty; yat—that which; dīna-parīpālanam—to give protection to suffering humanity.
TRANSLATION
It is my duty to give protection and safety to all living entities struggling for existence. Certainly it is the duty of the master to protect his suffering dependents.