Text 24] Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksa 165

TEXT 23

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Sastrair astranvitair evam
anirbhinna-tvacam harah

vismayam param apanno
dadhyau pasupatis ciram

Sastraih—with weapons; astra-anvitaih—with hymns (mantras); evuam—
thus; anirbhinna—not being cut; tvacam—the skin; harah—Virabhadra;
vismayam—bewilderment; param—greatest; apannah—was struck with;
dadhyau—thought; pasupatih—Virabhadra; ciram—for a long time.

TRANSLATION

He tried to cut the head of Daksa with hymns as well as weapons, but
still it was hard to cut even the surface of the skin of Daksa’s head. Thus
Virabhadra was exceedingly bewildered.

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drstva samjnapanam yogam
pasunam sa patir makhe

yajamana-pasoh kasya
kayat tenaharac chirah

drstva—having seen; samjiapanam—for the killing of the animals in the
sacrifice; yegam—the device; pasunam—of the animals; sah—he (Vira-
bhadra); patih—the lord; makhe—in the sacrifice; yajamana-pasoh—who
was an animal in the form of the chief of the sacrifice; kasya—of Daksa;
kayat—from the body; tena—by that (device); aharat—severed; sirah—his
head.
TRANSLATION

Then Virabhadra 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 Daksa.
