नारद उवाच स एकदा महेष्वासो रथं पञ्चाश्वमाशुगम् । द्वीषं द्विचक्रमेकाक्षं त्रिवेणुं पञ्चबन्धुरम् ॥ १ ॥ एकरश्म्येकदमनमेकनीडं द्विकूबरम् । पञ्चप्रहरणं सप्तवरूथं पञ्चविक्रमम् ॥ २ ॥ हैमोपस्करमारुह्य स्वर्णवर्माक्षयेषुधि: । एकादशचमूनाथ: पञ्चप्रस्थमगाद्वनम् ॥ ३ ॥
narada uvaca sa ekada mahesvaso ratham pancasvam asu-gam dvisam dvi-cakram ekaksam tri-venum panca-bandhuram eka-rasmy eka-damanam eka-nidam dvi-kubaram panca-praharanam sapta- varutham panca-vikramam haimopaskaram aruhya svarna-varmaksayesudhih ekadasa-camu-nathah panca-prastham agad vanam
- naradah uvaca
- Narada said
- sah
- King Puranjana
- ekada
- once upon a time
- maha-isvasah
- carrying his strong bow and arrows
- ratham
- chariot
- panca-asvam
- five horses
- asu-gam
- going very swiftly
- dvi-isam
- two arrows
- dvi-cakram
- two wheels
- eka
- one
- aksam
- axle
- tri
- three
- venum
- flags
- panca
- five
- bandhuram
- obstacles
- eka
- one
- rasmi
- rope, rein
- eka
- one
- damanam
- chariot driver
- eka
- one
- nidam
- sitting place
- dvi
- two
- kubaram
- posts to which the harnesses are fixed
- panca
- five
- praharanam
- weapons
- sapta
- seven
- varutham
- coverings or ingredients of the body
- panca
- five
- vikramam
- processes
- haima
- golden
- upaskaram
- ornaments
- aruhya
- riding on
- svarna
- golden
- varma
- armor
- aksaya
- inexhaustible
- isu-dhih
- quiver
- ekadasa
- eleven
- camu-nathah
- commanders
- panca
- five
- prastham
- destinations, objectives
- agat
- went
- vanam
- to the forest
The great sage Narada continued: My dear King, once upon a time King Puranjana took up his great bow, and equipped with golden armor and a quiver of unlimited arrows and accompanied by eleven commanders, he sat on his chariot driven by five swift horses and went to the forest named Panca-prastha. He took with him in that chariot two explosive arrows. The chariot itself was situated on two wheels and one revolving axle. On the chariot were three flags, one rein, one chariot driver, one sitting place, two poles to which the harness was fixed, five weapons and seven coverings. The chariot moved in five different styles, and five obstacles lay before it. All the decorations of the chariot were made of gold.