The arrows released from his bow, piercing the armor of the demons, entered their bodies, like sharp thunderbolts piercing mountains. Two comparisons have been given concerning the mountain. The Yakṣas attacked him like rain torrents covering a mountain. He attacked them like thunderbolts attacking mountains. The arrows of the Yakṣas were insignificant to Dhruva, like rain to the mountain, and served to increase his desire to counterattack, just the rain washes the mountain of dirt and makes it appear bright. The arrows of Dhruva however took away the life of the Yakṣas, like thunderbolts piercing mountains.