Its current was broad and it ran fearfully. The bodies of dead elephants and horses formed its bangs. Its mire consisted of the entail, the marrow and the flesh of human beings and of the huge Rakshasas.
वेगेन साऽतीव पृथुप्रवाहा परेतनागाश्वशरीररोधा। नरेन्द्रमज्जोच्छ्रितमांसपङ्का प्रभूतरक्षोगणभूतसेविता॥