Text 24]
Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa
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TEXT 23
शस्त्रैरस्त्रान्वितैरेनमनिर्भिञ्चत्वन् हरः । विस्मयं परमापन्नो दध्यौ पशुपतिश्चिरम् ॥२३॥
śastrair astrānvitair evam anirbhinna-tvacam haraḥ vismayam param āpanno dadhyau paśupatiś ciram
śastraiḥ—with weapons; astra-anvitaiḥ—with hymns (mantras); evam—thus; anirbhinna—not being cut; tvacam—the skin; haraḥ—Vīrabhadra; vismayam—bewilderment; param—greatest; āpannaḥ—was struck with; dadhyau—thought; paśupatiḥ—Vīrabhadra; ciram—for a long time.
TRANSLATION
He tried to cut the head of Dakṣa with hymns as well as weapons, but still it was hard to cut even the surface of the skin of Dakṣa's head. Thus Vīrabhadra was exceedingly bewildered.
TEXT 24
दृष्ट्वा संज्ञपनं योगं पशूनां स पतिर्मखे । यजमानपशोः कस्य कायात्तेनाहरच्छिरः ॥२४॥
dṛṣṭvā saṁjñapanam yogam paśūnām sa patir makhe yajamāna-paśoḥ kasya kāyāt tenāharac chiraḥ
dṛṣṭvā—having seen; saṁjñapanam—for the killing of the animals in the sacrifice; yogam—the device; paśūnām—of the animals; saḥ—he (Vīrabhadra); patiḥ—the lord; makhe—in the sacrifice; yajamāna-paśoḥ—who was an animal in the form of the chief of the sacrifice; kasya—of Dakṣa; kāyāt—from the body; tena—by that (device); aharat—severed; śiraḥ—his head.
TRANSLATION
Then Vīrabhadra saw the wooden device in the sacrificial arena by which the animals were to have been killed. He took the opportunity of this facility to behead Dakṣa.