Verse 59

⁵⁴Here and there stood bright archways in the shape of sea-monsters, plantain trunks with their bunches still on them, young betel palms and the like, ⁵⁵and at every door mango leaves and cloths and garlands and strings of pearls hung down, with pots of water and lamps set beside them. ⁵⁶The city was decked out everywhere with walls, gate-towers and halls faced with gold, and the tops of its fine mansions shone. ⁵⁷Its squares, streets, terraces and roads were swept and smeared with sandal, and strewn with parched grain and whole rice, with flowers and fruit and grain and offerings. ⁵⁸Wherever the women of the city caught sight of Dhruva on the road, they brought him white mustard and whole rice, curd and water, durva grass, flowers and fruit,

⁵⁹and out of motherly love spoke true blessings over him. Listening to their sweet singing, he went into his father's house.