वरुणस्त्वब्रवीद्धंसं गङ्गातोयविचारिणम्। श्रूयतां प्रीतिसंयुक्तं ततः पत्ररथेश्वरम्॥ वर्णो मनोरमः सौम्यश्चन्द्रमण्डलसंनिमः। भविष्यति तवोदग्रः शुद्धफेनसमप्रभः॥
varuṇastvabravīddhaṃsaṃ gaṅgātoyavicāriṇam| śrūyatāṃ prītisaṃyuktaṃ tataḥ patraratheśvaram|| varṇo manoramaḥ saumyaścandramaṇḍalasaṃnimaḥ| bhaviṣyati tavodagraḥ śuddhaphenasamaprabhaḥ||
English Meaning
Then Varuņa addressed that lord of birds the swan ranging the waters of the Gangā, 'Listen to my words fraught with joy, your hue shall be charming, mild, and like to the lunar disc; and it shall be beautiful, resembling the sheen of spotless foam.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)