śrī-śiva uvāca
aho bata bhavāny etat
prajānāṁ 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.