O monarch, like the chariot of Shakra in the battle between the gods and the Asuras in the days of yore, that car moved in circular, backward and forward motions.
मण्डलानि ततश्चक्रे गतप्रत्यागतानि च। यथा शक्ररथो राजन् युद्धे देवासुरे पुरा॥