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any longer. If prohibited food is taken, the best thing is to throw it
out. True, there are the two Paths of Inclination (Pravritti) and of
Renunciation (Nivritti). But one cannot adopt both the Paths at one
and the same time. What action is there for Siva? He is Brahma
Himself. Thou speakest of His ashes and bones. But hast thou any
idea of His Yogic powers, in comparison with which thy powers as a
performer of Vedic sacrifices are nothing? But there is no use wrang-
ling with thee. I am ashamed of this body which has connection
with thee. The sooner I get rid of it the better."
So saying Sati gave up her body, and there was great uproar.
Her attendants made ready for an attack, when Bhirgu, who acted as
Adhvaryu, invoked the Ribhus. They appeared and beat the attend-
ants of Siva, who ran away on all sides.
Narada informed Siva of what had happened. Siva bit His
lips in anger and tore up a Jata (matted hairtuft) from his head.
The Jata glowed with electric fire.
He threw it down on the earth and the terrible Virabhadra
sprang from it. His tall body reached the high heavens. He was
dark as the clouds. He had one thousand hands, three eyes burning
like the sun, teeth terrible to look at, and tufts of hair bright as fire.
He had a garland of human skulls round his neck and there were
various weapons in his hands.
"What are thy behests, O Lord?" exclaimed Virabhadra.
"Thou art clever in fight, child, thou hast nothing to fear from the
Brahmanas, for verily thou art part of myself. Go forth at the head
of my army. Put an end to Daksha and his Yajna." Such was the
command of Siva. Virabhadra rushed forth with trident in hand, and
the attendants of Siva followed him with enthusiasm and noise. The
priests, the Brahmanas and their wives present at Daksha's sacrifice
saw a huge dust storm, as it were, coming from the north. " Can it
be the hurricane "? thought they, " but the wind is not strong. Can
this be the march of robbers? But King Prachinabarhi is still alive.
In his reign there is no fear from robbers. No one is driving cattle.
What can be the cause of this approaching volume of dust "? The at-
tendants of Siva arrived in no time. Some of them were brown colo-
ured, some yellow. Some had their belly, some their face, like
Makara. They broke the implements of sacrifice and scattered them
around. They pulled down the buildings and put out the fires. They
made all sorts of sacrilege, ran after the Rishis and Devas and fright-
ened the women. Maniman caught hold of Bhrigu and tied him up*
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