Seeing a boat at the river-side, that son of Ikşvāku desirous of crossing the swift-coursing Garigā, spoke these words.
स तु दृष्ट्वा नदीतीरे नावमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः। तितीर्घः शीघ्रगां गङ्गामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥