Rudra begged them, held in himself his energy of incomparable power. A small quantity, however, that came out o this body dropped on the Earth.
रुद्रस्तु तेजोऽप्रतिमं धारयामास वै तदा। प्रस्कन्नं तु ततस्तस्मात् किंचित्तत्रापतद् भुवि॥