Then Sumantra unyoked the fatigued horses from the car, which at once fell to rolling in the dust. And then bathing and making them drink, he soon as the dusk set in, set fare before them.
ततः सुमन्त्रोऽपि रथाद् विमुच्य श्रान्तान् हयान् सम्परिवर्त्य शीघ्रम्। नचारयद् वै तमसाविदूरे॥