सदश्वं रथमारुह्य कार्तस्वरपरिष्कृतम् । ब्राह्मणै: कुलवृद्धैश्च पर्यस्तोऽमात्यबन्धुभि: ॥ ३९ ॥ शङ्खदुन्दुभिनादेन ब्रह्मघोषेण वेणुभि: । निश्चक्राम पुरात्तूर्णमात्मजाभीक्षणोत्सुक: ॥ ४० ॥
sad-asvam ratham aruhya kartasvara-pariskrtam brahmanaih kula-vrddhais ca paryasto ’matya-bandhubhih sankha-dundubhi-nadena brahma-ghosena venubhih niscakrama purat turnam atmajabhiksanotsukah
- sat-asvam
- drawn by very fine horses
- ratham
- chariot
- aruhya
- getting on
- kartasvara-pariskrtam
- bedecked with golden filigree
- brahmanaih
- with brahmanas
- kula-vrddhaih
- along with elderly personalities of the family
- ca
- also
- paryastah
- being surrounded
- amatya
- by officers and ministers
- bandhubhih
- and friends
- sankha
- of conchshells
- dundubhi
- and kettledrums
- nadena
- with the sound
- brahma-ghosena
- by the chanting of Vedic mantras
- venubhih
- by flutes
- niscakrama
- he came out
- purat
- from the city
- turnam
- with great haste
- atma-ja
- son
- abhiksana
- to see
- utsukah
- very eager
Then King Uttanapada, being very eager to see the face of his lost son, mounted a chariot drawn by excellent horses and bedecked with golden filigree. Taking with him many learned brahmanas, all the elderly personalities of his family, his officers, his ministers and his immediate friends, he immediately left the city. As he proceeded in this parade, there were auspicious sounds of conchshells, kettledrums, flutes, and the chanting of Vedic mantras to indicate all good fortune.