That flaming car, driven by Matali, suddenly illuminating the firmament, appeared like a mighty meteor hidden in clouds or like the smokeless and blazing tongues of fire.
स दीप्यमानः सहसान्तरिक्षं प्रकाशयन् मातलिसंगृहीतः। बभौ महोल्केव घनान्तरस्था शिखेव चाग्नेर्खलिता विधूमा॥