Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 5: Rāma Meets Sage Śarabhaṅga
Text 3.5.7
हरिभिर्वाजिभिर्युक्तमन्तरिक्षगतं रथम्।
ददर्शादूरतस्तस्य तरुणादित्यसन्निभम्॥
haribhir vājibhir yuktam antarikṣa-gataṁ ratham
dadarśādūratas tasya taruṇāditya-sannibham
haribhiḥ = horses; vājibhiḥ = with swift; yuktam = it was yoked; antarikṣa-gatam = in the sky; ratham = a chariot; dadarśa = [Rāma] saw; adūrataḥ = not far; tasya = from Indra; taruṇa-āditya-sannibham = and it resembled the youthful sun.
[Rāma] saw a chariot not far from Indra in the sky. It was yoked with swift horses and it resembled the youthful sun.
GLOSS. It should be understood that the horses were of the hari type possessing the following characteristics as noted by Śālihotra:
tvak-keśa-vāla-romāṇi suvarṇābhāni yasya tu
hariḥ sa varṇato ’śvas tu pīta-kauśeya-saprabhaḥ
“A hari is a horse by species. Its skin, hair and tail shine like gold. It is bright like yellow silk.”