The whole of this world was enveloped with darkness; and neither the cardinal nor subsidiary points of the earth could be known on account of the dust that was raised.
तमः संवृतमप्यासीत् सर्वं जगदिदं तथा। न दिशो नादिशो राजन् प्रज्ञायन्ते स्म रेणुना॥