The Buddha-Carita or The Life of Buddha by Ven. Aśvaghoṣa

Buddha-carita, or The Life of Buddha - 74
iti vacanamida niśamya tasya draviṇapateḥ pariṣadgaṇā nanaduḥ | 5.85
pramuditamanasaśca devasaghā vyavasitapāraṇamāśaśasire ’smai ||
85. Having heard this his utterance, the troops of the court of the Lord of wealth 1
rejoiced; and the hosts of the gods, triumphing, wished him a successful
accomplishment of his purpose.
hutavahavapuṣo divaukaso ’nye vyavasitamasya duṣkara viditvā |
akuruta tuhine pathi prakāśa ghanavivarapraṣtā ivedupādāḥ || 5.86
86. Other heavenly beings with forms bright like fire, knowing that his purpose was
hard to fulfil, produced a light on his dewy path like the rays of the moon issuing
from the rift of a cloud.
harituragaturagavatturagaḥ sa tu vicaran manasīva codyamānaḥ |
aruṇaparuṣabhāramatarīkṣa sarasabahūni jagāma yojanāni || 5.87
87. But he with his horse like the horse of Indra, the lord of bay horses, hurrying on as
if spurred in his mind, went over the leagues full of many conflicting emotions, 2 —
the sky all the while with its cloud-masses checkered with the light of the dawn.
iti śrībuddhacarite mahākāvye ’bhiniṣkramaṇo nāma pacamaḥ sargaḥ || 5 ||
[Such is the fifth chapter in the great poem Śri Buddhacarita,
called Flight]
1 Sc. the Yakṣas.
2 Or perhaps ‘six leagues’.