With water scented with lotuses, they fell to sprinkling that one resembling a furious fire that has suddenly arisen. 1. Padmotpalasugadhibhiḥ-water scented with padmas-lotuses proper, and utpalas-blue lotuses (Nymphea cerulea). 2. 'Rama,' remarks the commentator, 'was a fire lighted by his grief for Sītā.'
आसिञ्चन्सलिलैश्चैनं पद्मोत्पलसुगन्धिभिः। प्रदहन्तमसंहार्यं सहसाग्निमिवोत्थितम्॥