Airavata

While Arjuna sits on Mount Mandara thinking of Indra's chariot, the divine vehicle itself appears — driven by Matali, drawn by ten thousand tawny horses, stocked with divine weapons and blazing with light. Matali announces that Indra himself awaits his son. Arjuna bathes in the Ganga, offers his prayers, bids farewell to the mountain, and ascends into the celestial regions — where the stars reveal themselves as the luminous abodes of the righteous.