The diadem, that was resplendent as either the sun, or the moon, or the planets, or the fire, fell down on account of the severe stroke and was broken into minute fragments; even as the summit of a mountain, smitten by the thunder of Indra, falls upon the face of the earth, sending forth a very great noise.
तदर्कचन्द्रग्रहपावकत्विषं भृशातिपातात् पतितं विचूर्णितम्। महेन्द्रवज्राभिहतं महस्वनं यथाद्रिशृङ्गं धरणीतले तथा।४४॥