Taking up iron darts I slew all the Rāks asas there. And leaping over with great velocity the city gate, I, with my burning tail, burnt down the whole city from the palace to its outer gate like to the fire of dissolution devastating the entire creation.
आयसं परिघं गृह्य तानि रक्षांस्यसूदयम्। ततस्तन्नगरद्वारं वेगेन प्लुतवानहम्॥ पुच्छेन च प्रदीप्तेन तां पुरी साट्टगोपुराम्। दहाम्यहमसम्भ्रान्तो युगान्ताग्निरिव प्रजाः॥