अथारुह्य रथं दिव्यं भृगुदत्तं महारथ: । सुस्रग्धरोऽथ सन्नह्य धन्वी खड्गी धृतेषुधि: ॥ ८ ॥ हेमाङ्गदलसब्दाहु: स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डल: । रराज रथमारूढो धिष्ण्यस्थ इव हव्यवाट् ॥ ९ ॥
atharuhya ratham divyam bhrgu-dattam maharathah susrag-dharo ’tha sannahya dhanvi khadgi dhrtesudhih hemangada-lasad-bahuh sphuran-makara-kundalah raraja ratham arudho dhisnya-stha iva havyavat
- atha
- thereupon
- aruhya
- getting on
- ratham
- the chariot
- divyam
- celestial
- bhrgu-dattam
- given by Sukracarya
- maha-rathah
- Bali Maharaja, the great charioteer
- su-srak-dharah
- decorated with a nice garland
- atha
- thus
- sannahya
- covering his body with armor
- dhanvi
- equipped with a bow
- khadgi
- taking a sword
- dhrta-isudhih
- taking a quiver of arrows
- hema-angada-lasat-bahuh
- decorated with golden bangles on his arms
- sphurat-makara-kundalah
- decorated with brilliant earrings resembling sapphires
- raraja
- was illuminating
- ratham arudhah
- getting on the chariot
- dhisnya-sthah
- situated on the altar of sacrifice
- iva
- like
- havya-vat
- worshipable fire
Then, after getting on the chariot given by Sukracarya, Bali Maharaja, decorated with a nice garland, put protective armor on his body, equipped himself with a bow, and took up a sword and a quiver of arrows. When he sat down on the seat of the chariot, his arms decorated with golden bangles and his ears with sapphire earrings, he shone like a worshipable fire.