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MADHURAVIJAYAM
9. Horses with foaming mouths, and swift as wind,
were seen bounding like waves in the army-ocean.
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10. There gathered in no time, hosts of footmen
from different countries, armed with swords, daggers,
lances and bows.
11. Wearing suitable ornaments, kings renowned
for the might of their arm, waited near the outer gate
awaiting the arrival of their overlord (Kampaṇa).
12. The space of the sky was completely filled
with uplifted umbrellas, resembling white lotuses in the
river of the army, and also looking like the play mirrors
of the Goddess of Victory.
13. Should the stirring period of the march be
compared to the advent of the autumnal season, the fly-
whisks waving by the side of kings appeared like swans
hovering about.
14. The rays of the sun never left their natural
redness, as the colour of the sparking gems set in royal
crowns, beautiful as a cluster of flowers, was ceaselessly
mingling with them.
15. As the passage of the sky was completely
blocked by the flags flying aloft, Aruna experienced
much difficulty in conducting the chariot of the sun
across.
16. Fed by the neighing of the horses, intensified
by the loud trumpeting of the elephants and extended
by the sound of the instruments of war-music (war-
drums) the din that arose was something inconceivable.
MADHURAVIJAYAM
9. Horses with foaming mouths, and swift as wind,
were seen bounding like waves in the army-ocean.
27
10. There gathered in no time, hosts of footmen
from different countries, armed with swords, daggers,
lances and bows.
11. Wearing suitable ornaments, kings renowned
for the might of their arm, waited near the outer gate
awaiting the arrival of their overlord (Kampaṇa).
12. The space of the sky was completely filled
with uplifted umbrellas, resembling white lotuses in the
river of the army, and also looking like the play mirrors
of the Goddess of Victory.
13. Should the stirring period of the march be
compared to the advent of the autumnal season, the fly-
whisks waving by the side of kings appeared like swans
hovering about.
14. The rays of the sun never left their natural
redness, as the colour of the sparking gems set in royal
crowns, beautiful as a cluster of flowers, was ceaselessly
mingling with them.
15. As the passage of the sky was completely
blocked by the flags flying aloft, Aruna experienced
much difficulty in conducting the chariot of the sun
across.
16. Fed by the neighing of the horses, intensified
by the loud trumpeting of the elephants and extended
by the sound of the instruments of war-music (war-
drums) the din that arose was something inconceivable.