And the waters although unstained, being mixed up with mineral substances and ashes from the mountains, flowed in serpentine torrents black and red.
पाण्डुरारुणवर्णानि स्रोतांसि विमलान्यपि। सुस्रुवुर्गिरिधातुभ्यः सभस्मानि भुजंगवत्॥