Verse 13

⁷The king of Kundina, ruled by his fondness for his son, meaning to give his own daughter to Sisupala, had the rites performed. ⁸The city had its roads and streets and crossings swept and sprinkled, and was decked out with bright banners and flags and with arches; ⁹it was full of men and women in garlands and scents and wreaths and ornaments, dressed in clean cloth, and its fine houses were smoking with aloe. ¹⁰King, having worshipped the fathers and the gods and the brahmins as the rule lays down, and having fed them properly, he had the auspicious verses recited. ¹¹The girl was well bathed, fine-toothed, the wedding thread tied on her, dressed in a pair of new unworn cloths and decked with the best of ornaments;

¹²the best of the twice-born made a guarding for the bride with the verses of the Sama, the Rg and the Yajus, and the house priest, who knew the Atharva, poured the offering to quiet the planets. ¹³The king, best of those who know the rule, gave the brahmins gold and silver and cloth, sesame mixed with molasses, and cows.