ददर्श च नगात् तस्मान्नदी निपतितां कपिः। अङ्कादिव समुत्पत्य प्रियस्य पतितां प्रियाम् ॥ जलेन पतिताप्रैश्च पादपैरूपशोभिताम्। वार्यमाणामिव क्रुद्धां प्रमदां प्रियबन्धुभिः॥
dadarśa ca nagāt tasmānnadī nipatitāṃ kapiḥ| aṅkādiva samutpatya priyasya patitāṃ priyām || jalena patitāpraiśca pādapairūpaśobhitām| vāryamāṇāmiva kruddhāṃ pramadāṃ priyabandhubhiḥ||
English Meaning
That monkey beheld there a river falling down from the mountain like to a damsel falling down from the lap of her beloved. And the branches of the trees touching the water (of the stream) resembled a fair damsel prevented by her dear companions from forsaking the company of her beloved).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)