Just as lightning, flashing amidst a mass of clouds in the firmament, appears beautiful, so the streamers of variegated hue mounted on cars and the backs of elephants, fluttering in the air and whirling along the welkin, appeared highly effulgent.
नानारङ्गाः मेधैर्युता विद्युतः खे यथैव। श्चकाशिरे दन्तिगणाः समन्तात्॥