Verse 5·VR 1.63.5

तां ददर्श महातेजा मेनकां कुशिकात्मजः | रूपेणाप्रतिमां तत्र विद्युतं जलदे यथा || १-६३-५

taam dadarsha mahaatejaa menakaam kushika aatmajaH | ruupeNa apratimaam tatra vidyutam jalade yathaa || 1-63-5

Translation

That great resplendent sage Vishvamitra has seen Menaka who is incomparable in her mien and comparable to an electric-flash in a black-cloud, while she is swimming in the holy lake. [1-63-5]

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mahaatejaaH kushikaatmajaH

great resplendent, Kushi's son - Vishvamitra

tatra

there - in holy lake

jalade vidyutam yathaa

electric-flash as with in black-cloud

ruupeNa apratimaam

not matchabe by mein - an incomparable one

taam menakaam dadarsha

he has seen at her, Menaka.

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63

Legend of Vishvamitra (contd.)

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