Which was as hard as Indra's thunderbolt, was equal in effulgence, to the mace of Yama, (god of death) blazing like a flaming fire and licking as it were with its tongue, all quarters of the battle-field.
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शी यमदण्डसमप्रभाम्। ज्वलन्तीमग्निवत् संख्ये लेलिहानां समन्ततः॥