अथारुह्य रथं दिव्यं भृगुदत्तं महारथः ।
सुस्रग्धरोऽथ संन्नह्य धन्वी खड्गी धृतेषुधिः ॥८॥
हेमाङ्गदलसद्बाहुः स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डलः ।
रराज रथमारूढो धिष्ण्यस्थ इव हव्यवाट् ॥९॥

athāruhya rathaṁ divyaṁ
bhṛgu-dattaṁ mahārathaḥ
susrag-dharo 'tha sannahya
dhanvī khaḍgī dhṛteṣudhiḥ
hemāṅgada-lasad-bāhuḥ
sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalaḥ
rarāja ratham ārūḍho
dhiṣṇya-stha iva havyavāṭ

 atha - thereupon; āruhya - getting on; ratham - the chariot; divyam - celestial; bhṛgu-dattam - given by Śukrācārya; mahā-rathaḥ - Bali Mahārāja, the great charioteer; su-srak-dharaḥ - decorated with a nice garland; atha - thus; sannahya - covering his body with armor; dhanvī - equipped with a bow; khaḍgī - taking a sword; dhṛta-iṣudhiḥ - taking a quiver of arrows; hema-aṅgada-lasat-bāhuḥ - decorated with golden bangles on his arms; sphurat-makara-kuṇḍalaḥ - decorated with brilliant earrings resembling sapphires; rarāja - was illuminating; ratham ārūḍhaḥ - getting on the chariot; dhiṣṇya-sthaḥ - situated on the altar of sacrifice; iva - like; havya-vāṭ - worshipable fire.


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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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