Every blade of grass there was seen to be converted into a terrible iron bolt. All this, know, O king, was due to the curse imprecated by Brahmanas.
तृणं च मुसलीभूतमपि तत्र व्यदृश्यत॥ ब्रह्मदण्डकृतं सर्वमिति तद् विद्धि पार्थिव।