There, flocks of intoxicated birds were chirping, intoxicated bees were buzzing around, ecstatic peacocks were dancing like actors with their feathers spread wide, and intoxicated cuckoos were calling "kuhu kuhu" as if summoning each other. (41)
The hermitage was adorned with kadamba, campaka, aśoka, karañja, bakula, asana, kunda, mandāra, kuṭaja (English: kurchi) and new mango trees. (42)
There, water crows, ducks and other water birds like swans, ospreys, coots, cranes, cakravāka (English: ruddy shelducks) and cakora (English: partridges) were making sweet sounds. (43)
The hermitage was also surrounded by animals like deer, boars, porcupines, nilgai, elephants, langurs, lions, monkeys, mongooses and musk deer. (44)
The first king, great Manu, arriving at that excellent holy place with his daughter, saw that the great sage Kardama was sitting after completing his fire sacrifice. (45)
