The “Smitten Rock” is an allusion to an episode from the Book of Exodus. In Exodus 17:6, God instructed Moses to strike a particular rock of Mount Horeb, after which water gushed out of it, providing water to thirsty Israelites. The biblical “rock” infused drops of life (water) into the desperate Israelites when it was “smitten” hard. Similarly, one performs miracles when life hits them hard.