He spoke: then bearing in a dish

A gift of honey, meat, and fish,

The king of the Nishádas drew

Toward Bharat for an interview.

When Bharat's noble charioteer

Observed the monarch hastening near,

He duly, skilled in courteous lore,

The tidings to his master bore:

“This aged prince who hither bends

His footsteps with a thousand friends,