Matched with our meanest, what are they?
Beneath my conquering prowess fell
The Lord of earth and heaven and hell.[924]
Through every startled region dread
Of my resistless fury spread;
And Gods in each remotest sphere
Confessed the universal fear.
Rending the air with roar and groan,
Airávat[925] to the earth was thrown.
From his huge head the tusks I drew,