अथ तस्मिन्वनोद्देशे पर्वतस्याविदूरतः। सरः सुरुचिरप्रख्यं नानापक्षिगणायुतम्॥ ददर्श सा इला तस्मिन्बुधं सोमसुतं तदा। ज्वलन्तं स्वेन वपुषा पूर्ण सोममिवोदितम्।।।।
atha tasminvanoddeśe parvatasyāvidūrataḥ| saraḥ suruciraprakhyaṃ nānāpakṣigaṇāyutam|| dadarśa sā ilā tasminbudhaṃ somasutaṃ tadā| jvalantaṃ svena vapuṣā pūrṇa somamivoditam||||
English Meaning
Thus roaming, Ila one day espied Budha, a bundle of rays, resembling the full moon in a picturesque pond filled with birds at some distance from the mountain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)