It was coated with a cloth of gold, looked like a burning meteor, furnished with a sling, was fierce as a she-snake, hard as thunder and made entirely of iron.
हेमपट्टपरिक्षिप्तामुल्कां प्रज्वलितामिव। शैक्यां व्यालीमिवात्युग्रां वज्रकल्पामयोमयीम्॥