The dwellers of heaven saw the Earth loO king like one one sunk in sore distress. Overspread with mighty Danavas of terrible countenance, the Earth seemed to be oppressed with a heavy load, Cheerless and grief-stricken, she seemed as if going down into the neither region.
पृथिवीमार्तरूपां ते समपश्यन् दिवौकसः। दानवैरभिसंस्तीर्णां घोररूपैर्महाबलैः॥