The metaphors discussed earlier in the chapter on the motifs and metaphors and the strategies discussed in the chapter on concepts and strategies, should help us to decipher and decode the events and the happenings such as those described during creation and destruction of the universe.
The principal happenings at the time of destruction:
Seven suns scorching the earth
Crops wither [Wither (of plants and flowers) is to dry up, shrink, wilt, fade, whether as a natural process or as the result of exposure to excessive heat or drought: Plants withered in the hot sun. (Dictionary.com). ]
Ananta breathing fire which incinerates
Rudra piercing the elephants of the quarters with his trident (this may be the innervating trunks).
The earth finally getting submerged by water.
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