30. Reign O lord! that sittest on the earthly throne like the moon enthroned on high, to mark one wonderful feat of my art, known as the trick of Kharolikiká.
31. Saying so, he began to twirl about his magic staff set with peacocks’ feathers, which began to display many wonders like the wonderful works of creation.
32. The king beheld it describing a bright circlet, emitting the particles of its rays around; and viewed in the manner, that the god Indra views his variegated rainbow sparkling afar in the sky.
33. As this time a chieftain of Sinde (who was the master of horse,) entered the court, as a cloud appears in the starry heaven.
34. He was followed by his swift and beautiful courser, as the Uchcha Sravá horse of Indra follows his master in the celestial regions. (This is the Pegasus of the Hindus).
35. The chieftain brought the horse before the king and said this horse my lord! is a match for the Uchcha Sravá, who was produced from the milky ocean, and flies with the swiftness of the mind.
36. This horse of mine, O king of the earth! is the best of his kind, and a compeer of Uchcha Sravás; he is a personification of the wind in the swiftness of his flight.
37. My master has made a present of this horse to you, my lord; because the best of things is a suitable present to the best of men. (Great gifts are for the great; or, a donum worthy of the donor and donee).
38. After he had ended his speech the magician spoke in a voice, as sweet as that of the swallow, after the roaring of the cloud is hushed to silence.
39. Do you my lord ride upon this horse, and wander at your pleasure with full lustre on earth; as the sun shines forth in splendour by his revolving round the heavens.