Then Dundubhi, with hideous roar,

Huge fragments from the summit tore

Vast as Airávat,[569] white with snow,

And hurled them to the plains below.

Then like a white cloud soft, serene,

The Lord of Mountains' form was seen.

It sat upon a lofty crest,

And thus the furious fiend addressed:

“Beseems thee not, O virtue's friend,

My mountain tops to rive and rend;