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Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsa
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TEXT 12
चित्रधातुविचित्राद्रीनिभमग्रभुजद्रुमान् । 
  जलाशयाञ्छिवजलान्नलिनीः सुरसेविताः । 
  चित्रस्वनैः पत्रर्थैर्विभ्रमद्भ्रमरश्रियः ॥१२॥
citra-dhātu-vicitrādrīn 
  ibhabhagna-bhuja-drumān 
  jalāśayāñchiva-jalān- 
  nalinīḥ sura-sevitāḥ 
  citra-svanaiḥ patrarathair 
  vibhramad bhramara-śriyaḥ
citradhātu —valuable minerals like gold, silver, copper, etc.;  vicitra —full of variegatedness;  adrīn —hills and mountains;  ibhabhagna —broken by the giant elephants;  bhuja —branches;  drumān —trees;  jalāśayān-śiva —health-giving;  jalān —reservoirs of water;  nalinīḥ —lotus flowers;  sura-sevitāḥ —aspired to by the denizens of heaven;  citrasvanaiḥ —pleasing to the heart;  patra-rathaiḥ —by the birds;  vibhramat —bewildering;  bhramara-śriyaḥ —decorated by drones.
TRANSLATION
I passed through hills and mountains full of reservoirs of various minerals like gold, silver and copper, and through tracts of land with reservoirs of water filled with beautiful lotus flowers, fit for the denizens of heaven, decorated with bewildered bees and singing birds.
TEXT 13
नत्वेणुशरस्त्वकुशकोचकगहरप् 
  एक एवातियातोऽहमद्राक्षं विपिनं महत् । 
  घोरं प्रतिभयाकारं व्यालोत्कृशिवाजिरम् ॥१३॥
nala-veṇu-śaras-tanba- 
  kuśa-kīcakā-gahvaram 
  eka evātiyāto'ham 
  adrākṣam vipinam mahat 
  ghoram pratibhayākāram 
  vyālolūkaśivājiram