"O exalted one, a deer shot by me is flying away. You should make me capable of catching it by giving me your pair of Vami horses. The Rishi replied, "I give you my pair of Vami horses; but after accomplishing your object, you must soon return them to me." Having taken those horses and having obtained the Rishi's permission, the king yoked the paid of Vami horses to his car and then pursued the deer. When he had left the hermitage, he thus spoke to his charioteer. “There (two) jewels of horses the Brahmanas (by no means) deserve to possess. They must not be returned to Vamadeva.” Having said this and caught the deer, he returned to his capital and kept the Vami horses in the inner apartments of his palace.
भगवन् मृगो मे विद्धः पलायते सम्भावयितुमर्हसि वाम्यौ दातुमिति। तमब्रवीदृषिर्ददानि ते वाम्यौ कृतकार्येण भवता ममैव वाम्यौ निर्यात्यौ क्षिप्रमिति। स च तावश्वौ प्रतिगृह्यानुज्ञाप्य ऋषिं प्रायाद् वामीप्रयुक्तेन रथेन मृगं प्रतिगच्छंश्चाब्रवीत् सूतमश्वरत्नाविमावयोग्यौ ब्राह्मणानां नैतौ प्रतिदेयौ वामदेवायेत्युक्त्वा मृगमवाप्य स्वनगरमेत्याश्वावन्तः पुरेऽस्थापयत्॥