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In plain words
O great-souled Śambhu, tell me: how could you look upon that blazing, terror-striking poison? Did you hold it in your palm simply as a ripe jamun fruit? Did you place it on your tongue like a magical alchemist's pill? Or do you wear it around your throat purely as a sapphire ornament?
Close to the Sanskrit
How indeed was the fierce poison, terrible to all enemies of the gods, beheld by you? And was it held in the hand as a ripe jamun fruit on the palm? Or was it placed on the tongue as an alchemical pill of perfection? Or was it worn in the region of the neck as a sapphire ornament, O Śambhu, O great soul, tell me?