20. And as she danced about in the air, with her sombre arms lifted on high; they resembled the rising of the waves of dark ocean of eternity. (The words Kála and Kálí—implying both the black goddess and dark eternity).
21. Now she lifts one arm and then many more, and at last she displays her countless hands; to play her part in the playhouse of the universe.
22. Now she shows but one face and then another, and afterwards many more ad infinitum; in order to represent her various and infinite parts, in the vast theatre of the world.
23. Now she dances on one foot, and instantly on both her feet; she stands on a hundred legs in one moment, and on her numberless feet at another.
24. I understood this person to be the figure of chaotic, and the same which the wise have ascertained as the goddess known under the designation of Kálior eternal night. Or I presently recognized her as the figure of kála-rátri or dark night; which the wise have ascertained to be the image of dark eternity, as designated as the goddess Kálí—Hecate or chaotic night. (But Kálias in Greek, means Sundarí or fair and beautiful also).
25. The sockets of her triple eyes flashed with a flame, like that of the furnace of a fire engine; and her forest was as glaring and flaring, as the burning Indra-níla mountain.
26. Her cheek-bones were as frightful as two high hills, projecting over her hideous open mouth; appearing as a mountain cavern, and capable of ingulfing the whole world in it. (Hence Káli the type of time, is said to be the devourer of all things, and restorer of them in unconscious womb).
27. Her shoulder-blades were as high as two mountain peaks, piercing the starry frame; where they were decorated by the clusters of stars, as with strings of pearls.
28. She danced with her outstretched arms, resembling the waving branches of trees; and displayed the brightness of her nails, like that of blooming blossoms upon them; or as so many full moons shining under the azure sky.
29. As she turned and tossed her sable hands on every side, she seemed as a dark cloud moving about in the sky; and the lustre of her nails, appeared to shed the splendour of stars all around.