ते गत्वा दूरमध्वानं लम्बमाने दिवाकरे। ददृशुस्सहिता रम्यं तटाकं योजनायतम्।।3.11.5।। पद्मपुष्करसम्बाधं गजयूथैरलङ्कृतम्। सारसैर्हंसकादम्बैस्सङ्कुलं जलचारिभिः।।3.11.6।।
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English Translation
सहिताः together with, ते they, दूरम् distant, अध्वानाम् path, गत्वा having gone, दिवाकरे Sun, लम्बमाने was setting, पद्मपुष्करसम्बाधम् filled with lotuses, गजयूथैः with herds of elephants, अलङ्कृतम् adorned, जलचारिभिः with aquatic animals, सारसैः by cranes, हंस कादम्बैः with flocks of swans, सङ्कुलम् filled with, योजनायतम् spread over a yojana, रम्यम् delightful, तटाकम् tank, ददृशुः saw.
English Commentary
As the Sun was setting, they had covered a long distance, watching a yojanalong tank adorned with lotuses, and crowded with herds of elephants and flocks of cranes, swans and aquatic animals.