His borrowed bulk of limb and chest,

And stood with one quick bound inside

The monstrous mouth she opened wide.

Hid like the moon when Ráhu draws

The orb within his ravening jaws.

Within that ample cavern pent

The demon's form he tore and rent,

And, from the mangled carcass freed,

Came forth again with thought-like speed.[800]

Thus with his skill the fiend he slew,