Thereafter Bahuka comforted the horses and seated himself on a side of the car; while Damayanti, the daughter of the king of the Vidharbhas, afflicted with grief, saw prince Vangasura and Varshneya, the son of the charioteer, as also Bahuka in that posture; and she continued to meditate upon, "Of whose car was the rattle?
स्वयं चैतान् समाश्वास्य रथोपस्थ उपविशत्। दमयन्त्यपि शोकार्ता दृष्ट्वा भागासुरिं नृपम्॥ सुतपुत्रं च वार्ष्णेय बाहुकं च तथाविधम्। चिन्तयामास वैदर्भी कस्यैष रथनिःस्वनः॥