An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.191

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assigned no share to him. Rudra constructed a bow of two of the four kinds of sacrifices (v. the note of PCR., p. 58), and came as a brahmacārin to the sacrifice; the earth shrank with fear, etc.; Rudra pierced the sacrifice in the heart; it assumed the shape of a deer and fled away with Agni, pursued by Rudra through the skies; the gods were stupefied; Rudra with his bow broke the arms of Savitṛ and plucked out the eyes of Bhaga and the teeth of Pūshan; the gods uttered a cry; the string of his bow burst; the gods and the sacrifice gratified Rudra; he threw his wrath into the water; that wrath, assuming the form of fire, is always employed in consuming the water. He then gave unto Savitṛ his arms, to Bhaga his eyes, and to Pūshan his teeth, and restored the sacrifice. The gods assigned to him all the libations of clarified butter as his share (X, 18).