Handsome damsels then adored him by covering him with a shower of fried paddy, perfumes and garlands of flowers. Thereafter that brave warrior with folded palms worshipped Yudhishthira's feet; whereupon the latter smelt his head. Having undergone all these ceremonies he mounted his chariot. Thereafter those horses, cheerful, plump, of the fleetness of the wind. Invincible in battle and of the Sindhu breed, were on the point of dragging that excellent chariot of Satyaki. Bhimasena also similarly, honoured by the very virtuous king Yudhishthira.
कृतस्वस्त्ययनो विप्रैः कवची समलंकृतः। लाजैर्गन्धैस्तथा माल्यैः कन्याभिश्चाभिनन्दितः॥ युधिष्ठिरस्य चरणावभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः। तेन मूर्धन्युपाघ्रात आरुरोह महारथम्॥ ततस्ते वाजिनो हृष्टाः सुपुष्टाः वातरंहसः। अजय्या जैत्रमूहुस्तं विकुर्वाणाः स्म सैन्धवाः॥