Rāmāyaṇacampū 3.2

3.2

At that moment, unable to endure the crushing pressure of his feet firmly planted to leap over the ocean, this mountain fell into a distress beyond the reach of words: as if shedding a ceaseless shower of tears with its completely out-pouring torrents of cascades; as if having its braided hair loosened and dishevelled by the masses of clouds spread here and there; as if swollen with inflammation because of its herds of elephants panicking; as if bleeding blood from its broad slopes reddened by lines of mineral dust thrown up by the split-open tips of the extremely sharp hooves of deer fleeing in terror; as if crying out because its caves resounded with lions awakened at that instant; as if its garland of entrails was spilling out due to serpents issuing thickly from surrounding chasms; as if breaking into sweat by taking on a form budded with clusters of spray dripping from dense clouds struck by the tips of swinging tree branches; and as if panting with rising heavy breaths as the sky was filled with the hissing roar of the wind bursting through the cavities of hollow bamboos shattered by the falling of crystal boulders.
Having followed in procession behind Māruti through the momentum raised by his leap, / the series of trees of the dense forest of Mahendra fell in succession; / with their crests exposed in the midst of the ocean, / they gave the illusion in the waters of a line of pegs driven into the ground along a plumb line for the future bridge. (2)