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मांसवर्षं पुनस्तीव्रमासीत्कृष्णचतुर्दशीम् । अर्धरात्रे महाघोरमतृप्यंस्तत्र राक्षसाः॥६-३-३१॥
Again, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, there came a fierce “rain of flesh.” At midnight, amid that most dreadful scene, the rākṣasas there were said to remain unsated.
english translation
प्रतिस्रोतोऽवहन्नद्यः सरितः शोणितोदकाः । फेनायमानाः कूपाश्च नर्दन्ति वृषभा इव । पतन्त्युल्काः सनिर्घाताः शुष्काशनिविमिश्रिताः॥६-३-३२॥
Rivers and streams ran against their own current, their waters seeming like blood. Wells foamed and roared like bulls. Meteors fell with thunder, mingled with dry lightning.
english translation
अद्य चैव निशां व्युष्टामुदये भानुराहतः । ज्वलन्तीभिर्महोल्काभिश्चतुर्भिः सर्वतोदिशम्॥६-३-३३॥
And today, as the night came to its end, at sunrise the Sun was struck (obscured), while four great blazing meteors appeared from every direction.
english translation
आदित्यमुपतिष्ठद्भिस्तत्र चोक्तं महर्षिभिः । भूमिपालसहस्राणां भूमिः पास्यति शोणितम्॥६-३-३४॥
There, as they worshiped Āditya, the great seers declared: “The earth will drink the blood of thousands of kings.”
english translation
कैलासमन्दराभ्यां तु तथा हिमवतो गिरेः । सहस्रशो महाशब्दं शिखराणि पतन्ति च॥६-३-३५॥
From Kailāsa and Mandara, and likewise from the Himavat mountain, peaks fell in their thousands with a great sound.
english translation