That terrible steel mace with eight sides and ornamented with gold I now see in my mind like the staff of Brahma uplifted.
अष्टानिमायसी घोरां गदां काञ्चनभूषणाम्। मनसाऽहं प्रपश्यामि ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम्॥