Proceeding at a middling pace, that best of those endowed with fortitude, passed through lands smiling cheerfully, prosperous, and crowded with elegant villas, realms worthy of being covered by the foremost of kings.
मध्येन मुदितं स्फीतं रम्योद्यानसमाकुलम्। राज्यं भोज्यं नरेन्द्राणां ययौ धृतिमतां वरः॥