वृश्चिकाहिविषौषध्यो दन्दशूकाश्च येऽपरे ॥४६॥
praskannaá¹ pibataḥ pÄṇer
yat kiñcij jagṛhuḥ sma tat
vṛścikÄhi-viá¹£auá¹£adhyo
dandaśūkÄÅ› ca ye 'pare
praskannam - scattered here and there; pibataḥ - of Lord Åšiva while drinking; pÄṇeḥ - from the palm; yat - which; kiñcit - very little; jagá¹›huḥ - took the opportunity to drink; sma - indeed; tat - that; vṛścika - the scorpions; ahi - the cobras; viá¹£a-auá¹£adhyaḥ - poisonous drugs; dandaśūkÄḥ ca - and animals whose bites are poisonous; ye - who; apare - other living entities.
Scorpions, cobras, poisonous drugs and other animals whose bites are poisonous took the opportunity to drink whatever little poison had fallen and scattered from Lord Śiva’s hand while he was drinking.
Mosquitoes, jackals, dogs and other varieties of dandaśūka, or animals whose bites are poisonous, drank the poison of the samudra-manthana, the churned ocean, since it was available after it fell from the palms of Lord Śiva.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Seventh Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Lord Åšiva Saves the Universe by Drinking Poison.â€
