It so happened that the ass yoked to that car was very young. Instead, therefore of being reined, the animal bore away the car near its dam. viz., the she-ass that had brought it forth. Malanga, dissatisfied with this, began to strike the animal with his goad on its nose.
स बालं गर्दभं राजन् वहन्तं मातुरन्तिके। निरविध्यत् प्रतोदेन नासिकायां पुन: पुनः॥