Such things had never happened, not even during the war between the Devas and the Danavas. The winds blew with thunder; meteors fell in thousands;
अभूतपूर्वं संग्रामे तदा देवासुरेऽपि च। वदुर्वाताः सनिर्घाता: पेतुरुल्काः सहस्रशः॥