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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 5]
while cursing Lord Śiva, and Pūṣā, who, by smiling sympathetically, had also shown his teeth.
PURPORT
Here a reference is made to the marriage of Aniruddha, a grandson of Lord Kṛṣṇa's. He kidnapped the daughter of Dantavakra, and thereafter he was arrested. Just as he was to be punished for the kidnapping, the soldiers from Dvārakā, headed by Balarāma, arrived, and a fight ensued amongst the  kṣatriyas . This sort of fight was very common, especially during marriage ceremonies, when everyone was in a challenging spirit. In that challenging spirit, a fight was sure to occur, and in such fights there was commonly killing and misfortune. After finishing such fighting the parties would come to a compromise, and everything would be settled. This Dakṣa  yajña  was similar to such events. Now all of them—Dakṣa and the demigods Bhaga and Pūṣā and Bhṛgu Muni—were punished by the soldiers of Lord Śiva, but later everything would come to a peaceful end. So this spirit of fighting between one another was not exactly inimical. But, because everyone was so powerful and wanted to show his strength by Vedic  mantra  or mystic power, all these fighting skills were very elaborately exhibited by the different parties at the Dakṣa  yajña .
TEXT 22
आकम्योरसि दक्षस्य शितधारेण हेतिना । छिन्दन्नपि तदुद्धर्तुं नाशक्रोत् त्र्यम्बकस्तदा ॥२२॥
ākramyorasi dakṣasya śita-dhāreṇa hetinā chindann api tad uddhartum nāśaknot tryambakas tadā
ākramya —having sat;  urasi —on the chest;  dakṣasya —of Dakṣa;  śita-dhāreṇa —having a sharp blade;  hetinā —with a weapon;  chindan —cutting;  api —even though;  tat —that (head);  uddhartum —to separate;  na aśaknot —was not able;  tryambakaḥ —Vīrabhadra (who had three eyes);  tadā —after this.
TRANSLATION
Then Vīrabhadra, the giantlike personality, sat on the chest of Dakṣa and tried to separate his head from his body with sharp weapons, but he was not successful.