उद्धसत्तडिदम्भोद घटया नष्टभागणे ।
व्योम्नि प्रविष्टतमसा न स्म व्यादृश्यते पदम् ॥ ६ ॥
uddhasat-laughing loudly; tadid-lightning; ambhoda-of clouds; ghataya-by masses; nasta-lost; bhagane-the luminaries; vyomni-in the sky; pravista-enveloped; tamasa-by darkness; na-not; sma vyadrsyate-could be seen; padam-any place.
The luminaries in the heavens were screened by masses of clouds, in which lightning sometimes flashed as though laughing. Darkness reigned everywhere, and nothing could be seen.