Matsyapurana 136.31

136.31

nṛtyamānā iva naṭā garjanta iva toyadāḥ
karocchrayā iva gajāḥ siṃhā iva ca nirbhayāḥ //

They all were decorated with bracelets of iron silver or gold studded with precious stones the ear-rings garlands and fearful coronets, and armed with weapons glittering like flashes they became greatly excited Thus arrayed they came out powerful like acrobats thundering like clouds and sounding like elephants with their tusks raised and fearless like lions—29 31