Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.88.18-19

devopalabdhim aprapya

nirvedat saptame 'hani

siro 'vrscat sudhitina

tat-tirtha-klinna-murdhajam

tada maha-karuniko sa dhurjatir

yatha vayam cagnir ivotthito 'nalat

nigrhya dorbhyam bhujayor nyavarayat

tat-sparsanad bhuya upaskrtakrtih

SYNONYMS

deva -- of the lord; upalabdhim -- sight; aprapya -- not obtaining; nirvedat -- out of frustration; saptame -- on the seventh; ahani -- day; sirah -- his head; avrscat -- was about to cut off; sudhitina -- with a hatchet; tat -- of that (Kedaranatha); tirtha -- in (waters of) the holy place; klinna -- having wetted; murdha-jam -- the hair of his head; tada -- then; maha -- supremely; karunikah -- merciful; sah -- he; dhurjatih -- Lord Siva; yatha -- just as; vayam -- we; ca -- also; agnih -- the god of fire; iva -- appearing like; utthitah -- risen; analat -- from the fire; nigrhya -- seizing; dorbhyam -- with his arms; bhujayoh -- his (Vrka's) arms; nyavarayat -- he stopped him; tat -- his (Lord Siva's); sparsanat -- by the touch; bhuyah -- again; upaskrta -- well formed; akrtih -- his body.

TRANSLATION

Vrkasura became frustrated aher failing to obtain a vision of the lord. Finally, on the seventh day, after dipping his hair into the holy waters at Kedaranatha and leaving it wet, he took up a hatchet and prepared to cut off his head. But at that very moment the supremely merciful Lord Siva rose up out of the sacrificial fire, looking like the god of fire himself, and grabbed both arms of the demon to stop him from killing himself, just as we would do. By Lord Siva's touch, Vrkasura once again became whole.

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