[841] For him they yoked the carriage wrought of ivory, with trappings of silver,
its fittings bright and polished, white as the face of a clear moonlit night.
Therein were yoked four Sindh steeds, white as the kumuda lily,
swift as the wind in their onset, well trained, wearing garlands of gold.
White the parasol, white the chariot, white the horses, white the fan:
the Vedeha with his ministers, borne along, shone like the moon.
Him, the supreme lord of men, many mighty men followed —
heroes bearing spear and sword, mounted on the backs of horses.
When he had driven but a moment, the khattiya alighted from the carriage,
and the Vedeha with his ministers approached Guṇa on foot.
And whatever brahmins and wealthy householders were gathered there at that time,
the king did not have them sent away, though they had come onto ground not made ready for them.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.