Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 5: Frustration of the Sacrifice of Daksha. Text 22

आक्रम्योरसि दक्षस्य शितधारेण हेतिना ।
छिन्दन्नपि तदुद्धर्तुं नाशक्नोत्त्र्यम्बकस्तदा ॥२२॥

Äkramyorasi daká¹£asya
Å›ita-dhÄreṇa hetinÄ
chindann api tad uddhartuá¹
nÄÅ›aknot tryambakas tadÄ

 Äkramya - having sat; urasi - on the chest; daká¹£asya - of Daká¹£a; Å›ita-dhÄreṇa - having a sharp blade; hetinÄ - with a weapon; chindan - cutting; api - even though; tat - that (head); uddhartum - to separate; na aÅ›aknot - was not able; tri-ambakaḥ - VÄ«rabhadra (who had three eyes); tadÄ - after this.


Text

Then VÄ«rabhadra, the giantlike personality, sat on the chest of Daká¹£a and tried to separate his head from his body with sharp weapons, but was unsuccessful.

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