These trees skirted by plantain groves, dense as a collection of clouds, appear as clouds in the sky. Great is my curiosity, O friend, to learn what are these. 'And I wish to have my curiosity removed by you.
एष मेघ इवाकाशे वृक्षषण्डः प्रकाशते। मेघसंघातविपुलः पर्यन्तकदलीवृतः॥ किमेतज्ज्ञातुमिच्छामि सखे कौतूहलं मम। कौतूहलापनयनं कर्तुमिच्छाम्यहं त्वया॥