Ramayana
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अरजस्कं तथा ऽक्षोभ्यं श्रीमत्पक्षिगणायुतम् । समीपे तस्य सरसो महदद्भुतमाश्रमम् ॥ 7-77-6 ॥
Dustless and undisturbed, splendid and frequented by flocks of birds it was; and near that lake there stood a great and wondrous hermitage.
english translation
पुराणं पुण्यमत्यर्थं तपस्विजनवर्जितम् । तत्राहमवसं रात्रिं नैदाघीं पुरुषर्षभ ॥ 7-77-7 ॥
Ancient and most holy, yet abandoned by ascetics, there I passed a summer's night, O bull among men.
english translation
प्रभाते काल्यमुत्थाय सरस्तदुपचक्रमे । अथापश्यं शवं तत्र सुपुष्टमजरं क्वचित् ॥ 7-77-8 ॥
Rising at dawn at the proper hour, I approached that lake; and there at one spot I saw a corpse, well-nourished and undecayed.
english translation
पङ्किभेदेन पुष्टाङ्गं समाश्रितसरोवरम् । तिष्ठन्तं परया लक्ष्म्या तस्मिंस्तोयाशये नृप ॥ 7-77-9 ॥
Its limbs were plump in their several parts, and it lay close to the lake, resting in that body of water with surpassing splendor, O king.
english translation
तमर्थं चिन्तयानो ऽहं मुहूर्तं तत्र राघव । उषितो ऽस्मि सरस्तीरे किन्न्विदं स्यादिति प्रभो ॥ 7-77-10 ॥
Pondering this matter, O Raghava, I dwelt there a while upon the lake's shore, wondering, 'What indeed can this be?', O lord.
english translation