In those days of his the rivers ran liquid gold and were open to the use of everybody. Parjanya then poured on his kingdom large numbers of golden alligators, crabs and fishes of various classes and many other objects of desire; the artificial lakes of his dominions were full two miles long.
हैरण्यास्तत्र वाहिन्यः स्वैरिण्यो व्यवहन् पुरा। ग्राहान् कर्कटकांश्चैव मत्स्यांश्च विविधान् बहून्॥ कामान् वर्षति पर्जन्यो रूप्याणि विविधानि च। सौवर्णान्यप्रमेयाणि वाप्यश्च क्रोशसम्मिताः॥