O king, those horses, understanding as it were the desire of the son of Daruka, became as if burned with energy and seemed to fly without touching the ground with their feet.
ते हस्तलाघवोपेतं विज्ञाय नृप दारुकिम्। दह्यमाना इव तदा नास्पृशंश्चरणैर्महीम्॥