And be each roof and terrace lined

With blossoms loose and chaplets twined.”

The nobles hasting forth fulfilled

His order as Śatrughna willed.

Sublime on elephants they rode

Whose gilded girths with jewels glowed.

Attended close by thousands more

Gay with the gear and flags they bore.

A thousand chiefs their steeds bestrode,

Their glittering cars a thousand showed.