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दृष्ट्वा संज्ञपनं योगं पशूनां स पतिर्मखे ।
यजमानपशोः कस्य कायात्तेनाहरच्छिरः ॥ 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.