Rudra then cut the embodiment of Sacrifice with a dreadful arrow in the heart. Assuming the shape of a deer, the embodied from of Sacrifice, fled away with the god of fire.
ततः स यज्ञं विव्याध रौद्रेण हृदि पत्रिणा। अपक्रान्तस्ततो यज्ञो मृगा भूत्वा सपावकः॥