अथान्धकारे त्वौषं जले कुम्भस्य पूर्यतः। अचक्षुर्विषये घोषं वारणस्येव नर्दतः॥
athāndhakāre tvauṣaṃ jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ| acakṣurviṣaye ghoṣaṃ vāraṇasyeva nardataḥ||
English Meaning
And (coming there) while it was so dark that : nothing could be discovered, I heard sounds of a filling pitcher proceeding from the waters; resembling the roars of an elephant.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)