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इत्थं ते विलयं प्राप्ता दाक्षायण्या समं तदा ॥ गणायुते द्वे च तदा तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥ ॥ २१ ॥
Thus about twenty-thousand of those attendants courted death along with Satī. It was very surprising.
english translation
गणा नाशाऽवशिष्टा ये शंकरस्य महात्मनः ॥ दक्षं तं क्रोधितं हन्तुं मुदा तिष्ठन्नुदायुधाः ॥ २२ ॥
Such of the attendants of the noble-souled Śiva who survived, jumped up with their weapons to kill the furious Dakṣa.
english translation
तेषामापततां वेगं निशम्य भगवान् भृगुः ॥ यज्ञघ्नघ्नेन यजुषा दक्षिणाग्नौ जुहोन्मुने ॥ २३ ॥
On seeing the force of their onslaught, O sages, the holy sage Bhṛgu poured offering in the Dakṣiṇa fire with the Yajur mantra to quell the obstructors of sacrifice.
english translation
हूयमाने च भृगुणा समुत्पेतुर्महासुराः ॥ ऋभवो नाम प्रबलवीरास्तत्र सहस्रशः ॥ २४ ॥
While the sage Bhṛgu was pouring the offerings, thousands of powerful demons—Ṛbhus rose up.
english translation
तैरलातायुधैस्तत्र प्रमथानां मुनीश्वर ॥ अभूद्युद्धं सुविकटं शृण्वतां रोमहर्षणम्॥ २५ ॥
O excellent sage, a terrible fight ensued between Śiva’s attendants and the demons who had firebrands for their weapons. Their hair stood on end when people heard the uproar.
english translation