Matali too then greeted them and having instructed the Parthas as a father does his (own) sons, (he) returned to the lord of heaven, ascending that car of unrivalled splendour.
तानप्यसौ मातलिरभ्यनन्दत् पितेव पुत्राननुशिष्य पार्थान्। ययौ रथेनाप्रतिमप्रभेण पुनः सकाशं त्रिदिवेश्वरस्य॥