क्वचिद् द्रुततरं याति कुटिलं क्वचिदायतम्॥ विनतं क्वचिदुद्भूतं क्वचिद् याति शनैः शनैः। सलिलेनैव सलिलं क्वचिदभ्याहतं पुनः॥
kvacid drutataraṃ yāti kuṭilaṃ kvacidāyatam|| vinataṃ kvacidudbhūtaṃ kvacid yāti śanaiḥ śanaiḥ| salilenaiva salilaṃ kvacidabhyāhataṃ punaḥ||
English Meaning
And the river proceeded sometimes rapidly, and sometimes awry, and sometimes in volumes and sometimes sloping, and sometimes ascending and sometimes languidly; and sometimes water clashed with water.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)