Then the exalted Vishnu (Rama) shot that arrow. O descendant of Bharata at this the whole earth was filled with sounds of thunder and burning meteors flashed through the sky. Showers of dust and rain fell on the earth, earthquakes, whirl-winds of fearful sounds convulged everything.
ततः स भगवान् विष्णुस्तं वै बाणं मुमोच ह। शुष्काशनिसमाकीर्णं महोल्काभिश्च भारत॥ पांसुवर्षेण महता मेघवर्षेश्च भूतलम्। भूमिकम्पैश्च निर्घातै दैश्च विपुलैरपि॥