Note 381 — Chapter I
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A further belief attributes thunder to the very rapid pace of the chariot of Bhagwān.381 Some people, however, say that it is produced when Bhīma (one of the five Pāndavas) wields his prodigious club or bludgeon.382 In the opinion of others, Vidyut or Tanyatun, the offspring of Lambā, the daughter of Daksha, and the wife of Dharmarāj thunders in the rainy season.383 It is also suggested that the god of rains shakes the heavens and thus produces thunder.372 The Shāstras, it is said, declare that thunder is caused by the sounds of the dundubhi—or kettledrums—beaten by the gods in delight at the sight of rain.384 There is also a popular belief in the Surat district that an old hag causes thunder either when she grinds corn or when she rolls stones in the clouds.385