Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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254. Thus was exit made from the city by the King whose fame had already) gone ahead, his charming exploits, like (those of) the moon, having been broadcast ( samcāria ) by his flattering (cādu), witty bards.
Horses on the March
255. His marching steeds, whose whirling movements (āvattagaio) were executed ( perfectly), just because, perhaps, (they had ) turned and twisted about inside the embryonic homes of the vital wind-breath named Java-Pacamāna,
256. Who, with their hoof-prints reddish like saffron blotches (marked) on saffron-coloured surfaces of the tracts, betray the enjoyment of the Earth by her Lord, characterised by fresh nail-marks (left on the beloved Earth),
257. Who, with their neighing sounds produced by the thick (Samkhāna=samkhyāna) lumps of foam at their mouth-ends, appear to be the conchs of march, as it were, being filled with wind (blown ),
258. Who, with the magnificence of a multitude of emeralds in ornamental decorations ( āyāna), emit a hundred-fold ( or quickly ) ( sayarāhā), as it were, through their limbs, the fresh grassy juice, taken in (by them),
259. Who, with their well-formed hips, very much like a clearly demarcated middle ( central) line, possess, as it were, well-laid channels (paņāli ) for the water of perspiration to flow out,
260. Who, with their hooves with chisel-like, pointed edges (tamka ) falling deep (and sharp) with great strength and speed on (soft) roads, write, after (first ) uttering, as it were, the syllable *?'(a),
261. Who, born on the borders of the mountain Himālaya, as they are, quiver on the spot, in the powerful exhuberance of their mettle, experiencing, as if, even to-day, the shivering caused by the healthy ( anagha) cold weather of their native land ).
262. These (such ) victorious horses, with numbers of warriors mounting them, marching in waves in front of the great King, suggest, as it were, the great joy (they feel at their participation in the King's campaign).