"Fiendlike" Quotes from Famous Books
... flashing. Speechless in her ire, Headlong did she hurl her 'Mid the holy fire. Then a trembling terror Overcame each one, And their minds were troubled Like a darkened sun; And a cruel Vision, Face of lurid flame, Uma's Wrath incarnate, From the altar came. Fiendlike forms by thousands Started from his side, 'Gainst the sacrificers All their might they plied: Till the saints availed not Strength like theirs to stay, And the gods distracted Turned and fled away. ... — The Ramayana • VALMIKI |