Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 8-9


Sanskrit:

अथारुह्य रथं दिव्यं भृगुदत्तं महारथ: ।सुस्रग्धरोऽथ सन्नह्य धन्वी खड्‌गी धृतेषुधि: ॥ ८ ॥हेमाङ्गदलसब्दाहु: स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डल: ।रराज रथमारूढो धिष्ण्यस्थ इव हव्यवाट् ॥ ९ ॥

ITRANS:

athāruhya rathaṁ divyaṁbhṛgu-dattaṁ mahārathaḥsusrag-dharo ’tha sannahyadhanvī khaḍgī dhṛteṣudhiḥ

Translation:

Then, after getting on the chariot given by Śukrācārya, Bali Mahārāja, decorated with a nice garland, put protective armor on his body, equipped himself with a bow, and took up a sword and a quiver of arrows. When he sat down on the seat of the chariot, his arms decorated with golden bangles and his ears with sapphire earrings, he shone like a worshipable fire.

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