yato dhāvati sā'dhāvattiṣṭhaṃtamanutiṣṭhati | aṃgakṛtā yathā chāyā śakrasyapariveṣṭitum | āyāti tāvatsahasā iṃdro'pyapsu nyamajjata || 16 || śīghratvena yathā viprāściraṃtanajalecaraḥ || 17 || 
16-17. Wherever he ran, she too ran after him. If he stood anywhere, she too stood beside him. She behaved in the manner of a shadow of one’s own body. When she came so close as to envelop him, Indra sank beneath the waters suddenly, O Brāhmaṇas, like an old aquatic being. 