And spear and mace and club and brand

Fell in dire rain from Rávaṇ's hand.

The storm of missiles fiercely cast

Stirred up the oceans with its blast,

And Serpent-Gods and fiends who dwell

Below were troubled by the swell.

The earth with hill and plain and brook

And grove and garden reeled and shook:

The very sun grew cold and pale,

And horror stilled the rising gale.