“Two planets rushing from aspect malign
Of fiercest opposition in midsky
Should combat, and their jarring spheres compound.”
Paradise Lost. Book VI.
It is believed that every creature killed by Ráma obtained in consequence immediate beatitude.
“And blessed the hand that gave so dear a death.”
“He can not buckle his distempered cause
Within the belt of rule.”
Macbeth.
Thus Milton makes the hills of heaven self-moving at command: