Wrought by the artist's skill, was seen

Beside a flower-clad pool to stand

Holding a lotus in her hand.

Canto VIII. The Enchanted Car.

There gleamed the car with wealth untold

Of precious gems and burnished gold;

Nor could the Wind-God's son withdraw

His rapt gaze from the sight he saw,

By Viśvakarmá's[813] self proclaimed