Hari Om
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Namaste,

In the Srimad Bhagavadam Book 8, section 7, one reads the churning of the ocean of milk for the reward or result of nectar.
Yet poison is produced from this churning of the devas and asuras.
They then solicit the help of Śiva.

It is said that Śiva ‘ then squeezing into the cavity of His palm the hālāhala¹ which was spreading all around, The Protector of all living beings swallowed it.’ He said, ‘ may a happy and (prosperous) life be assured to all created beings through Me.’

Does anyone have opinions on what this hālāhala represents?

1. hālāhala हालाहल - deadly poison prepared from the roots of a plant; poisonous plant in which the seed of which is said to resemble a cow's teat.

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