Text 4] Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksa 151

TRANSLATION

Thus Lord Siva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth
and immediately snatched from his head a strand of hair which blazed
like electricity or fire. He stood up at once, laughing like a madman, and
dashed the hair to the ground.

TEXT 3

aaistraraetaal «= wafead
aceageaes = radea |
RR 8=—-saafaqua:
aaa = fafaeateravaa: tt 3 1

tato’tikayas tanuva sprsan divam
sahasra-bahur ghana-ruk tri-surya-drk

karala-damstro jvalad-agni-murdhajah
kapala-mali vividhodyatayudhah

tatah—at this time; atikayah—a great personality (Virabhadra); tanuva—
with his body; sprsan—touching; divam—the sky; sahasrd—a thousand;
bahuh—arms; ghana-ruk—of black color; tri-surya-drk—as bright as three
suns combined; karala-damstrah—having very fearful teeth; jvalat-agni—
(like) burning fire; murdhajah—having hair on his head; kapala-mali—gar-
landed with men’s heads; vividha—various kinds; udyata—upraised; ayu-
dhah—equipped with weapons.

TRANSLATION

A fearful black demon as high as the sky and as bright as three suns
combined was thereby created, his teeth very fearful and the hairs on his
head like burning fire. He had thousands of arms equipped with various
weapons, and he was garlanded with the heads of men.

TEXT 4

qd fe arf aidan
Tats wa = aAraT: |
qd wat ate axe

aaa «=e ORT AY
