Thereat the sun lost its brilliance the quarters were enshrouded with darkness; the birds sent forth dreadful cried and the earth shook.
ततो नष्टप्रभः सूर्यो दिशश्च तिमिरावृताः। द्विजाश्च नेदुर्घोराश्च संचचाल च मेदिनी॥