The Bolt

Source: here.

The news reached us that rakShohA agni had cleared 3 of the vR^itra and nirR^iti had gone back her way. We thought the clouds were clearing. But Fourier’s man, who was feared as shUravarman, got the news too. Never had he been intimidated thus or his men faced such uchChATana-s. He accordingly released the deadly “crane arrow”. Never was balance between life and death so clear.

Past mid-night we faced the terror of the crane. Never had anything been so directly threatening in our existence. As yudhiShThira said when yama visit yonder man we think he is not for us, but when he comes your own way we experience his real fear.