Vyasa said Then the great Fire-God went on his errand, laying waste all the forests and trees, like the powerful wind, roaring and revolving at random at the end of the winter season.
व्यास उवाच ततः प्रायाद् धूमकेतुर्महात्मा वनस्पतीन् वीरुधश्चाप्यमृद्नन्। कामाद्धिमान्ते परिवर्तमानः काष्ठातिगो मातरिश्वेव नर्दन्॥