The two Asuras, making a compact with the Vedas about the time when they would return to take them up again, threw them down in the nether region, and ran towards the spot hence those sounds seemed to come.
ततस्तावसुरौ कृत्वा वेदान् समयबन्धनान्।५६॥ रसातले विनिक्षिप्य यतः शब्दस्ततो दुतौ।