त्वद्बलेन महेशान न कोपि स्थैर्यमेष्यति
By your strength, O Lord of great lords, no one will attain steadfastness.
कदलीदलवद्वाताद्वेपते सरसातलम्
Like the surface of a lake trembling from the wind upon a plantain leaf.
किं बहूक्तेन देह्याज्ञां ममासाध्यं न किंचन
Why speak at length? Give me your command—nothing is impossible for me.
इति प्रतिज्ञां तस्येशः श्रुत्वा कृतममन्यत
Hearing his vow, the Lord considered it as already accomplished.
महावीरोसि रे भद्र मम सर्वगणेष्विह 4.2.89.
You are a great hero, O blessed one, among all my hosts here.
कुरु मे सत्वरं कार्यं दक्षयज्ञं क्षयं नय
Quickly accomplish my task: bring about the destruction of Dakṣa’s sacrifice.
ते त्वयाप्यवमंतव्या व्रज पुत्र शुभोदय
Those there are to be disregarded by you as well; go, my son, with auspicious fortune.
हरं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य जग्मिवानतिरंहसा
Having circumambulated Hara, he departed without delay.
शतकोटिमितानुग्रान्गणानन्न्यानवासृजत्
He released other hosts, numbering a hundred crore, each fierce.
केचित्तदनुगा जाताः केचित्तत्पार्श्वगा ययुः
Some became his followers, others went to his side.
शृंगाग्राणि गिरीणां च कैश्चिदुत्पाटितानि वै
Some tore up the peaks of mountains.
उत्पाट्य महतो वृक्षान्केचित्प्राप्ता मखांगणम्
Having uprooted great trees, some reached the sacrificial ground.
मंडपं ध्वंसयामासुः केचित्क्रोधोद्धुरागणाः अभक्षयन्हवींष्यन्ये पृषदाज्यं पपुः परे
Some, driven by rage, began to destroy the pavilion; others devoured the oblations, and some drank the clarified butter.
दध्वंसुरन्नराशींश्च केचित्पर्वतसन्निभान्
Some burned heaps of men, massive as mountains.
केचित्पक्वान्नपुष्टांगा यज्ञपात्राण्यचूर्णयन् 4.2.89.४० व्यभजञ्छकटान्केचित्पशून्केचिदजीगिलन्
Some, their bodies nourished by cooked food, crushed the sacrificial vessels; others broke the carts, and some swallowed the animals.
स्वयं परिदधुश्चान्ये दुकूलानि मुदा युताः
Others, filled with joy, themselves donned the fine garments.
एकेन च भगो देवः पश्यंश्चक्रे विलोचनः
And with a single portion, the god fashioned an eye while looking on.
यज्ञः पलायितो दृष्टः केनचिन्मृगरूपधृक्
The sacrifice was seen fleeing, having taken the form of a deer, by someone.
एकः सरस्वतीं यांतीं दृष्ट्वा निर्नासिकां व्यधात्
One, seeing Sarasvatī departing, made her without a nose.
अर्यम्णो बाहुयुगलं तथोत्पाटितवान्परः
Another tore out the pair of arms of Aryaman.
चिच्छेद वायोर्वृषणं पार्षदोन्यः प्रतापवान्
A mighty one cut off the testicles of Vāyu and the flank of another.
यत्र धर्मे महेशो न प्रथमं परिपूज्यते
Where, in righteousness, Maheśa is not first to be worshipped—
अनीश्वरं हविर्भुक्तं त्वयेत्या ताडयत्पदा
—the offering consumed is said to be without a lord, and so he struck it with his foot.
वामयामास बहुशो भक्षिता ह्यध्वराहुतीः 4.2.89.
He vomited repeatedly, for the oblations of the sacrifice had indeed been eaten.
रुद्राख्या धारणवशात्प्रमथैस्तेऽवहेलिताः
Those called Rudras, due to the power of their bearing, were disregarded by the Pramathas.
बहिरुद्गिरयामास यद्दत्तं चेशवर्ज्जितम्
He expelled outward whatever had been given, except that which belonged to the Lord.
उड्डीय गिरिमाश्रित्यच्छन्नः कौतुकमैक्षत
Flying up, he took refuge on a mountain, and, concealed, watched the spectacle.
प्रमथाः कालयामासुरन्यानपि च याचकान् वीरभद्रः स्वतः प्राप्तः प्रमथानीकिनी वृतः
The Pramathas drove away the other petitioners as well; Vīrabhadra himself arrived, surrounded by the Pramatha hosts.
यज्ञवाटं श्मशानाभं दृष्ट्वा तैः प्रमथैः पुरा
Long ago, those Pramathas, seeing the sacrificial enclosure resembling a cremation ground—
गणाः पश्यत दुर्वृत्तैः प्रारब्धानां च कर्मणाम्
—the hosts, seeing the wicked ones and the acts they had begun—