Indeed, that illustrious Rudra is the same as Death himself. The year was his bow; and accordingly the death-night, which was but the shade of Rudra himself, was constituted to be the indestructible string at that bow.
कालो हि भगवान् रुद्रस्तस्य संवत्सरो धनुः। तस्माद् रौद्री कालरात्रिा कृताः धनुषोऽजरा॥