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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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विधाय कार्त्स्न्येन च तद्यदाह भगवान्भवः । सन्दधुः कस्य कायेन सवनीयपशोः शिरः ॥८॥
vidhāya kārtsnyena ca tad yad āha bhagavān bhavaḥ sandadhuḥ kasya kāyena savanīya-paśoḥ śiraḥ
WORD BY WORD
vidhāya executing; kārtsnyena all in all; ca also; tat that; yat which; āha was said; bhagavān the Lord; bhavaḥ Śiva; sandadhuḥ executed; kasya of the living (Dakṣa); kāyena with the body; savanīya meant for sacrifice; paśoḥ of the animal; śiraḥ head;
TRANSLATION
| After everything was executed exactly as directed by Lord Śiva, Dakṣa’s body was joined to the head of the animal meant to be killed in the sacrifice.
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PURPORT
| This time, all the demigods and great sages were very careful not to irritate Lord Śiva. Therefore whatever he asked was done. It is specifically said here that Dakṣa’s body was joined to the head of an animal (a goat).
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