Verse 14

¹⁴By then the driver had brought up the wonderful chariot, yoked with Sugriva and the other horses, and stood before him, bowing. ¹⁵Taking his charioteer's two hands in his own, he climbed up, with Satyaki and Uddhava beside him, like the sun climbing the eastern mountain. ¹⁶Watched by the women of the inner apartments with shy and loving looks, and let go by them only with difficulty, he went out smiling, and carried their minds away with him. ¹⁷Surrounded by all the Vrsnis, he entered the hall called Sudharma, where the six waves, dear one, do not reach those who have taken their seats. ¹⁸Seated there on the highest seat, the mighty one shone out, lighting the quarters with a brightness of his own, best of the Yadus among Yadus who were lions of men, as the king of stars shines in the sky among the crowds of stars.

¹⁹There, king, the jesters attended on the mighty one with laughter of every kind, and the masters of the players, and the dancing women, each with her own dance. ²⁰To drum and lute and tabor, flute and cymbal and conch, they danced and they sang, and the heralds and chroniclers and bards sang his praise. ²¹There some brahmins sat and spoke, men who talk of Brahman, and they told the stories of the kings of old whose fame was clean.