Verse 1

¹Once, when there was a journey to the god, the cowherds were taken with eagerness for it, and they went in their carts yoked with bullocks to Ambika's wood. ²There they bathed in the Sarasvati and worshipped with offerings and with devotion the mighty god who is lord of the beasts, and the goddess Ambika, king. ³Cows, gold, cloth, honey and food made with honey they all gave to the brahmins with respect, saying: may the god be pleased with us. ⁴Nanda and Sunanda and the others, greatly favoured, took nothing but water, held to their vow, and stayed that night on the bank of the Sarasvati.