The Geography of the Puranas c6.82

c6.82

Having thus spoken, the Kuru chiefs, unanimously refusing to set the son of Hari at large, immediately returned to the city (Hastināpur). Bala, reeling with intoxication, and filled with the wrath which their contemptuous language had excited, struck the ground furiously with his heel, which split open with a thunderous sound that reverberated through space. With eyes glowing with rage, and with a frowning brow he exclaimed, ‘What arrogance is this in such vile and spineless creatures?