दृष्ट्वा संज्ञपनं योगं पशूनां स पतिर्मखे । यजमानपशो: कस्य कायात्तेनाहरच्छिर: ॥ २४ ॥
drstva samjnapanam yogam pasunam sa patir makhe yajamana-pasoh kasya kayat tenaharac chirah
- drstva
- having seen
- samjnapanam
- for the killing of the animals in the sacrifice
- yogam
- the device
- pasunam
- of the animals
- sah
- he (Virabhadra)
- 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.
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.