ससमुद्रमुप विस्तीर्णमपश्यन् सुमहत्सर: । महन्मन इव स्वच्छं प्रसन्नसलिलाशयम् ॥ २० ॥
sa-samudram upa vistirnam apasyan sumahat sarah mahan-mana iva svaccham prasanna-salilasayam
- sa-samudram
- almost near the ocean
- upa
- more or less
- vistirnam
- very wide and long
- apasyan
- they saw
- su-mahat
- very great
- sarah
- reservoir of water
- mahat
- great soul
- manah
- mind
- iva
- like
- su-accham
- clear
- prasanna
- joyful
- salila
- water
- asayam
- taken shelter of.
While traveling, the Pracetas happened to see a great reservoir of water which seemed almost as big as the ocean. The water of this lake was so calm and quiet that it seemed like the mind of a great soul, and its inhabitants, the aquatics, appeared very peaceful and happy to be under the protection of such a watery reservoir.