The panel is deeply carved in relief and is divided into two scenes, separated by a string course of conventional acanthus leaves above a saw-tooth moulding which is repeated above the upper scene. The top group, which has the upper left corner of the narrative scene missing, depicts a semi-nude Vajrapani standing on the extreme left, holding the thunderbolt in his right hand and a chauri whisk in his left. Next to him, the taller figure of the Buddha stands with his right hand in abhayamudra, apparently addressing a youth who stands in an attitude of supplication on his proper left. A second youthful figure (perhaps the same character) turns away carrying a bowl; and on the extreme right a male figure, apparently despondent, is sitting with head buried deep in his chest. Five other male figures observe the scene in various postures of concern and amazement.
The lower grouping, which is carved on a plain plinth, shows two naked ascetics, possibly Jains, on the extreme left, and in the centre a kneeling figure in an attitude of prostration before a tall standing figure of the haloed Buddha, whose feet rest on lotus blossoms. Six other male figures are in attendance, and in the background there is a tree next to a doorway, which is incidentally balanced in the upper relief by a similar architectural setting on the right of the panel, both having a rectangular slatted object projecting at an askew angle from above the cornice of the doorway.