And, as told by that pure-hearted ascetic, Agastya, this is the graceful Godåvarī, bordered by flowering trees; swarming with swans and Kārandavas, delighted with Cakravākas, thronged with herds of deer,* not far, yet not so very near.
यथाख्यातमगस्त्येन मुनिना भावितात्मना। १ इयं गोदावरी रम्या पुष्पितैस्तरुभिर्वृता॥ हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णा चक्रवाकोपशोभिता। नातिदूरे स चासन्ने मृगयूथनिपीडिता॥