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23 passagesपुरा त्रेतायुगे राम बभूव बहुविस्तरम् । समन्ताद्योजनशतं विमृगं पक्षिवर्जितम् ।। ७.७७.१ ।।
Formerly, O Rama, in the Treta age, there was a vast forest, extending for a hundred yojanas on every side, devoid of animals and birds.
तस्मिन्निर्मानुषे ऽरण्ये कुर्वाणस्तप उत्तमम् । अहमाक्रमितुं सौम्य तदरण्यमुपागमम् ।। ७.७७.२ ।।
In that uninhabited forest, while performing excellent austerity, I, O gentle one, approached that forest in order to enter it.
तस्य रूपमरण्यस्य निर्देष्टुं न शशाक ह । फलमूलैः सुखास्वादैर्बहुरूपैश्च पादपैः ।। ७.७७.३ ।।
He indeed was not able to describe the appearance of that forest, with its trees of many kinds, bearing fruits and roots of pleasant taste.
तस्यारण्यस्य मध्ये तु सरो योजनमायतम् । हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम् ।। ७.७७.४ ।।
In the midst of that forest, however, there was a lake extending a yojana, filled with swans and kāraṇḍava birds, and made beautiful by cakravāka birds.
पद्मोत्पलसमाकीर्णं समतिक्रान्तशैवलम् । तदाश्चर्यमिवात्यर्थं सुखास्वादमनुत्तमम् ।। ७.७७.५ ।।
It was covered with lotuses and water-lilies, free from moss; exceedingly wondrous, as it were, and unsurpassed in pleasant enjoyment.
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