With gold and jewelled earrings gay.

The best of Bráhmans praised the fare

Of countless sorts, of flavour rare:

And thus to Raghu's son they cried:

“We bless thee, and are satisfied.”

Between the rites some Bráhmans spent

The time in learned argument,

With ready flow of speech, sedate,

And keen to vanquish in debate.[95]

There day by day the holy train