कालविद्भिविर्निर्णीता यस्यातिचिरजीविता।
स चेज् जीवति संच्छिन्नशिरास्तद् दैवमुत्तमम्॥
Even one destined to live long, if beheaded yet somehow survives, must be seen as divinely protected. Such a miracle is beyond ordinary logic.