Mahabharata 3.246.30

3.246.30

ityevaṃ vadatastasya tadā durvāsaso muneḥ |
devadūto vimānena mudgalaṃ pratyupasthitaḥ || 30 ||

"Whilst the Muni Durvasa was speaking thus, a celestial messenger appeared before Mudgala, upon a car yoked with swans and cranes, hung with a neat work of bells, scented with divine fragrance, painted picturesquely, and possessed of the power of going everywhere at will. And he addressed the Brahmana sage, saying, 'O sage, do thou ascend into this chariot earned by thy acts. Thou hast attained the fruit of thy asceticism!'