Then they yoked to their excellent white cars, horses, equipped in mail. Matsya's glorious standard was hoisted on his beautiful car decked with gold and resembling the sun or moon in lustre. Other Kshatriya heroes too hoisted on their own cars golden flags of various forms and contrivances. Then the king of Matsya said to his younger brother Shatanika.
पृथक् काञ्चनसंनाहान् रथेष्वश्वानयोजयन्। सूर्यचन्द्रप्रतीकाशे रथे दिव्ये हिरण्मये॥ महानुभावो मत्स्यस्य ध्वज उच्छिश्रिये तदा। अथान्यान् विविधाकारान् ध्वजान् हेमपरिष्कृतान्।।१९ यथास्वं क्षत्रियाः शूरा रथेषु समयोजयन्। अथ मत्स्योऽब्रवीद् राजा शतानीकं जघन्यजम्॥