आक्रम्योरसि दक्षस्य शितधारेण हेतिना ।
छिन्दन्नपि तदुद्धर्तुं नाशक्नोत्त्र्यम्बकस्तदा ॥ २२ ॥
chindann api tad uddhartum
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; tryambakah-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 he was not successful.