शिंशुमारोरगगणैर्मीनैरपि च चञ्चलैः॥ विषुद्भिरिव विक्षिप्तैराकाशमभवत् तदा। पाण्डुरैः सलिलोत्पीडैः कीर्यमाणैः सहस्रधा ॥ शारदाधैरिवाकीर्णं गगनं हंससंप्लवैः।
śiṃśumāroragagaṇairmīnairapi ca cañcalaiḥ|| viṣudbhiriva vikṣiptairākāśamabhavat tadā| pāṇḍuraiḥ salilotpīḍaiḥ kīryamāṇaiḥ sahasradhā || śāradādhairivākīrṇaṃ gaganaṃ haṃsasaṃplavaiḥ|
English Meaning
And the sky was graced with fast-fleeting porpoises and serpents and fishes resembling playing lightning; and the welkin scattered with pale foam-flakes by thousands, appeared as if it was scattered with autumnal clouds swarming with cranes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)