Then a fierce and dreadful illusion was invoked into existence in the welkin by the Rakshasa. We then beheld in the sky what appeared to be amass of red cloud resembling the terrible flames of a raging fire.
ततो मायां दारुणामन्तरिक्षे घोरा भीमा विहितां राक्षसेन। अपश्याम लोहिताभ्रप्रकाशा देदीप्यन्तीमग्निशिखामिवोग्राम्॥