Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 15: Daśaratha Personally Instructs Sumantra to Bring RāmaText 2.15.11
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 15: Daśaratha Personally Instructs Sumantra to Bring Rāma
Text 2.15.11
पाण्डुरश्च वृषः सज्जः पाण्डुरोऽश्वश्च संस्थितः।
प्रसृतश्च गजः श्रीमानौपवाह्यः प्रतीक्षते॥
pāṇḍuraś ca vṛṣaḥ sajjaḥ pāṇḍuro ’śvaś ca saṁsthitaḥ
prasṛtaś ca gajaḥ śrīmān aupavāhyaḥ pratīkṣate
pāṇḍuraḥ ca = a white; vṛṣaḥ = bull; sajjaḥ = decorated; pāṇḍuraḥ = a white; aśvaḥ = horse; ca = and; saṁsthitaḥ = were also kep; prasṛtaḥ ca = excited; gajaḥ = elephant; śrīmān = a beautiful; aupavāhyaḥ = to carry the king 1; pratīkṣate = was waiting.
A decorated white bull and a white horse were also kept. A beautiful, excited elephant to carry the king was waiting.