The great rivers ran in opposite courses. The horizon on every side seemed to be always covered with fog. Meteors, showering coals, dropped on the Earth from the sky.
प्रत्यगूहुर्महानद्यो दिशो नीहारसंवृताः। उल्काश्चाङ्गारवर्षिण्यः प्रापतन् गगनाद् भुवि॥