Then, at midnight, when cverything was hushed and silence prevailed, the travellers fell into sleep, while there came a multitude of elephants. And while going to the mountain stream to drink its water, soiled by their own exudations, they saw the merchants as well as a good number of other elephants possessed by them.
अथार्धरात्रसमये नि:शब्दस्तिमिते तदा। सुप्ते सार्थे परिश्रान्ते हस्तियूथमुपागमत्॥ पानीपार्थं गिरिनदीं मदप्रस्रवणाविलाम्। अथापश्यत सार्थं तं सार्थजान् सुबहून् गजान्॥