Origin of the Epithet Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva swallowing poison) - Verse 51
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 25 · Verse 51
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Sanskrit Original
प्रजाः कर्मविपाकेन शक्ता यूयं प्रवर्त्तितुम। तत्किमर्थं भयोद्विग्ना मृगाः सिंहार्दिता इव।।
prajāḥ karmavipākena śaktā yūyaṃ pravarttitum| tatkimarthaṃ bhayodvignā mṛgāḥ siṃhārditā iva||
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Maheśvara said: You are competent to make all the subjects function in accordance with the consequence of their previous actions. Hence, why are you all agitated due to fear like the deer harassed by lion?