नवनागसहस्राणि कल्पितानि यथाविधिः। अन्वयुर्भरतं यान्तमिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनम्॥
navanāgasahasrāṇi kalpitāni yathāvidhiḥ| anvayurbharataṃ yāntamikṣvākukulanandanam||
English Meaning
And a thousand elephants duly consecrated went in the wake of that son of the Ikşvāku line as he was proceeding.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)