[286] She, Hirī, with the consent of Kosiya the resplendent,
did indeed enter that delightful hermitage,
rich in water and in fruit, revered by the noble —
she who never at any time consorts with evil beings.
Many thickets of trees are here in flower:
mangoes, piyālas, jackfruits, and kiṃsukas,
sobhañjanas, lodda, and padmakas too,
ketakas and bhaṅgas and tilakas, all abloom.
Sāl trees and karerīs are here in plenty, and jambus,
assattha, nigrodha, madhuka, and vedisa,
uddālakas, pātali, and sinduvārita,
and muccalindas and ketakas of delightful scent.
Hareṇukas, velukas, bamboos, and tiṇḍukas,
sāmāka and nivāra grain, and cīnaka besides,
mocā plantains and kadalī bananas; abundant here is sāli rice,
with paddy, ābhujinas, and grains of husked rice.
And on its northern side a lotus pond had formed — lovely,
gentle, not steep-banked, its good water free of any foul smell.
There the fish take their delight, secure and amply fed:
siṅgus, savaṅkas, sakulas, satavaṅkas, and rohitas;
it teems with ālis and gaggarakas, with pāṭinas and kākamacchas.
There the birds take their delight, secure and amply fed:
swans, koñca herons, and peacocks, cakkavāka shelducks and kukkuhas,
many bright-hued kuṇālakas, sikhaṇḍīs, and jīvajīvakas.
There living creatures gather, many troops of divers beasts:
lions, tigers, and boars, bears, wolves, and hyenas,
rhinoceroses and gayals, buffaloes, rohita deer, and rurus,
eṇeyya antelopes and boars, and nīka swine that range in herds;
kadali deer abound here, with wildcats and hares.
The ground and the hills, overspread with a brilliance of flowers,
resound with the cries of birds, the resort of flocks of birds.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.