Verse 32

³²Then out of the pit a fire rose up with a body, and it was terrible to look at: its crest and beard were heated copper, and its eyes threw out live coals. ³³Its face was hard, with cruel tusks and a frown like a rod across it. Naked, it licked the corners of its mouth with its tongue and shook a blazing trident. ³⁴With feet as long as palm trees it shook the floor of the earth, and ringed about with spirits it ran at Dvaraka, burning the directions as it came. ³⁵Seeing that burning of the witchcraft coming on, all the people of Dvaraka were afraid, like deer in a forest fire. ³⁶Sick with fear, they called out to the Bhagavan as he played at dice in his hall: Save us, save us, lord of the three worlds, from this fire that is burning the city.

³⁷Hearing the people's distress and seeing his own people's alarm, the giver of refuge laughed and said: Do not be afraid. I will protect you. ³⁸The all-pervading one, who witnesses everything inside and out, knew the thing for the great Lord's making, and to undo it he ordered out the discus that stood at his side.