Thousands of meteors, with harsh sounds and blazing tails, began to drop down; on the dreadful occasion, the whole Earth began to quake and tremble.
सनिर्घाता ज्वलन्त्यश्च पेतुरुल्काः सहस्रशः। चचाल च मही कृत्स्ना भये घोरे समुत्थिते॥