Text 21]
Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa
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TEXT 20
भगस्य नेत्रे भगवान् पातितस्य रुषा भ्रुवि । उजहार सदस्योऽक्ष्णा यः शपन्तमस्तुचत् ॥२०॥
bhagasya netre bhagavān pātitasya ruṣā bhuvi ujjahāra sadastho'kṣṇā yaḥ śapantam asūsucat
bhagasya —of Bhaga;  netre —both eyes;  bhagavān —Vīrabhadra;  pātitasya —having been thrust;  ruṣā —with great anger;  bhuvi —on the ground;  ujjahāra —plucked out;  sadasthaḥ —while situated in the assembly of the Viśvasṛks;  akṣṇā —by the movement of his eyebrows;  yaḥ —who (Bhaga);  śapantam —(Dakṣa) who was cursing (Lord Śiva);  asūsucat —encouraged.
TRANSLATION
Vīrabhadra immediately caught Bhaga, who had been moving his eyebrows during the cursing of Lord Śiva by Bhṛgu, and out of great anger thrust him to the ground and forcibly put out his eyes.
TEXT 21
पूष्णो ह्यपातयदन्तान् कालिङ्गस्य यथा बलः । शप्यमाने गरिमणि योऽहसदर्शयन्दतः ॥२१॥
pūṣṇo hy apātayad dantān kāliṅgasya yathā balaḥ śapyamāne garimaṇi yo 'hasad darśayan dataḥ
pūṣṇaḥ —of Pūṣā;  hi —since;  apātayat —extracted;  dantān —the teeth;  kāliṅgasya —of the King of Kaliṅga;  yathā —as;  balaḥ —Baladeva;  śapyamāne —while being cursed;  garimaṇi —Lord Śiva;  yaḥ —who (Pūṣā);  ahasat —smiled;  darśayan —showing;  dataḥ —his teeth.
TRANSLATION
Just as Baladeva had knocked out the teeth of Dantavakra, the King of Kaliṅga, during the gambling match at the marriage ceremony of Aniruddha, Vīrabhadra knocked out the teeth of both Dakṣa, who had shown them