यक्षरक्षांसि भूतानि पिशाचा: पिशिताशना: । भूतेशवत्सा दुदुहु: कपाले क्षतजासवम् ॥ २१ ॥
yaksa-raksamsi bhutani pisacah pisitasanah bhutesa-vatsa duduhuh kapale ksatajasavam
- yaksa
- the Yaksas (the descendants of Kuvera)
- raksamsi
- the Raksasas (meat-eaters)
- bhutani
- ghosts
- pisacah
- witches
- pisita-asanah
- who are all habituated to eating flesh
- bhutesa
- Lord Siva’s incarnation Rudra
- vatsah
- whose calf
- duduhuh
- milked out
- kapale
- in a pot of skulls
- ksata-ja
- blood
- asavam
- a fermented beverage.
Then the Yaksas, Raksasas, ghosts and witches, who are habituated to eating flesh, transformed Lord Siva’s incarnation Rudra (Bhutanatha) into a calf and milked out beverages made of blood and put them in a pot made of skulls.