Those best of men then saw at a distance some white objects of vast proportions which looked like the Meru (mountain) stretching in all directions.
ततो दूरात् प्रकाशन्तं पाण्डुरं मेरुसंनिभम्। ददृशुस्ते नरश्रेष्ठा विकीर्णं सर्वतोदिशम्॥