Matsyapurana 11.55

11.55

viśiṣṭākāravāndaṇḍī sakamaṇḍalupustakaḥ
veṇudaṇḍakṛtānekapavitrakagaṇatrikaḥ //

One day Budha, with a mace, a water-pot and a book in his hand, and accompanied by a train of Brahmachârîs, each holding a bamboo mace and wearing ear-rings, set out in quest of kuśa and sacrificial fuel. He passed close to that forest where Ilâ was roaming. Seeing Ilâ, Budha stopped behind a tree, at a distance from the forest, and from there beckoned Ilâ to come to him.—55-57.