And, like the sun's meridian blaze,

Blinded the eye that none could gaze.

Like youthful elephants, tall and strong,

Fleet coursers whirled the car along:

In such a car the Thousand-eyed

Borne by swift horses loves to ride.

So like Parjanya,[282] when he flies

Thundering through the autumn skies,

The hero from the palace sped,

As leaves the moon some cloud o'erhead.