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.
TEXT 24
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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.
