[1238] Then King Sañjaya addressed the general of the army:
"Let the army — elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry — be armed for war;
and let the townsfolk follow me, together with the brahmins and the royal chaplains (purohitā).
Then let sixty thousand warriors, fair to behold,
come quickly, armed, adorned in diverse colors.
Some wearing blue garments, some clad in yellow,
others with red turbans, some clad in white —
let them come quickly, armed, adorned in diverse colors.
Just as in the Himavant the fragrance-bearing mountain Gandhamādana,
covered over with trees of many kinds, the abode of hosts of great beings (mahābhūta),
shines through the directions and wafts fragrance with its divine herbs —
so let them come quickly, armed; let them shine and waft through the directions.
Then let them harness fourteen thousand elephants,
tuskers with golden girths, clad in trappings of gold,
mounted by drivers with lances and goads in hand —
let them come quickly, armed, arrayed upon the elephants' backs.
Then let them harness fourteen thousand horses,
thoroughbreds by birth, steeds of Sindh (sindhava), swift carriers,
mounted by riders bearing short swords and bows —
let them come quickly, armed, adorned, upon horseback.
Then let them yoke fourteen thousand chariots,
with rims well-wrought of iron and frames inlaid with gold;
let them hoist the banners upon them, and the shields and coats of mail;
and let the smiters firm of bow draw their bows taut —
let them come quickly, armed — the chariot-fighters upon their chariots."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.