Chapter 102 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 102

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 102.8

ततो हयैश्च संयोज्य हरितैः स्यन्दनोत्तमम्।। ततः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गः किङ्किणीशतभूषितः॥ तरुणादित्यसंकाशो वैदूर्यमयकूबरः। सदश्वैः काञ्चनापीडैर्युक्तः श्वेतप्रकीर्णकैः॥ हरिभिः सूर्यसंकाशैर्हेमजालविभूषितैः। रुक्मवेणुध्वजः श्रीमान्देवराजरथो वरः॥ देवराजेन संदिष्टो रथमारुह्य मातलिः। अभ्यवर्तत काकुत्स्थमवतीर्य त्रिविष्टपात्॥

tato hayaiśca saṃyojya haritaiḥ syandanottamam|| tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaḥ kiṅkiṇīśatabhūṣitaḥ|| taruṇādityasaṃkāśo vaidūryamayakūbaraḥ| sadaśvaiḥ kāñcanāpīḍairyuktaḥ śvetaprakīrṇakaiḥ|| haribhiḥ sūryasaṃkāśairhemajālavibhūṣitaiḥ| rukmaveṇudhvajaḥ śrīmāndevarājaratho varaḥ|| devarājena saṃdiṣṭo rathamāruhya mātaliḥ| abhyavartata kākutsthamavatīrya triviṣṭapāt||

English Meaning

Then yoking with steeds that best of cars, curiously wrought with gold; adorned with hundreds of small bells; resembling the Sun new risen; having its pole studded with lapises: yoked with excellent horses caparisoned in gold; furnished with white chowris, drawn by steeds resembling the Sun; decked with golden networks, and provided with a golden standardthe graceful car of the sovereign of the celestialsMātalī commanded by the king of the immortals, ascending the car went out of the celestial regions and came to Käkutstha.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)