Asamañjasa-tyāga (Abandoning Asamañjasa) — Sagara-carita Continuation
और्वाद्यैः सहितो विप्रैर्यथावद्दीक्षितो ऽभवत् / दीक्षां प्रविष्टो नृपतिर्हयसंचारणाय वै
aurvādyaiḥ sahito viprairyathāvaddīkṣito 'bhavat / dīkṣāṃ praviṣṭo nṛpatirhayasaṃcāraṇāya vai
With brahmins such as Aurva beside him, he was duly initiated according to rite. Having entered the consecration (dīkṣā), the king prepared for the horse’s ritual roaming.