O great monarch, O foremost of persons, when that best of cars was thus prepared by all the celestials with a view to crush down their antagonists (the Danavas). Shankara then placed his celestial weapons upon the car; and also having made the entire firmament to be his flag-staff, he placed his bull (the symbol of the Deity) upon it.
एवं तस्मिन् महाराज कल्पिते रथसत्तमे। देवैर्मनुजशार्दूल द्विषतामभिमर्दने॥ स्वान्यायुधानि मुख्यानि न्यदधाच्छङ्करो रथे। ध्वजयष्टिं वियत् कृत्वा स्थापयामास गोवृषम्॥