Verse 15

¹¹Guarded by the Madhus and Bhojas, Dasarhas, Arhas, Kukuras, Andhakas and Vrsnis, whose strength was equal to his own, as Bhogavati is guarded by the serpents. ¹²Its splendour was the splendour of a lotus pool, set about with gardens and groves and pleasure grounds, with holy trees and creepers and hermitages, rich in every season. ¹³At its gate towers and doorways and along its roads, festal arches had been raised; and within, the sun was kept off by the tips of bright standards and banners. ¹⁴Its great roads and streets and market places and squares were swept, sprinkled with scented water, and strewn with fruit and flowers and unhusked grain and fresh shoots.

¹⁵And at the door of every house it was adorned with curds and grain and fruit and sugarcane, with full jars, with offerings, with incense and with lamps.