आक्रम्योरसि दक्षस्य शितधारेण हेतिना । छिन्दन्नपि तदुद्धर्तुं नाशक्नोत् त्र्यम्बकस्तदा ॥ २२ ॥
akramyorasi daksasya sita-dharena hetina chindann api tad uddhartum nasaknot tryambakas tada
- akramya
- having sat
- urasi
- on the chest
- daksasya
- of Daksa
- sita-dharena
- having a sharp blade
- hetina
- with a weapon
- chindan
- cutting
- api
- even though
- tat
- that (head)
- uddhartum
- to separate
- na asaknot
- was not able
- tri-ambakah
- Virabhadra (who had three eyes)
- tada
- after this.
Then Virabhadra, the giantlike personality, sat on the chest of Daksa and tried to separate his head from his body with sharp weapons, but was unsuccessful.