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इन जलाशयों में से किसी में आसव (मदिरा) जैसा, किसी में वारुणोदक (वारुण समुद्र के जल) जैसा, किसी में क्षीरोदक (क्षीर समुद्र के जल) जैसा, किसी में घी जैसा, किसी मे इक्षुरस जैसा और किसी-किसी में प्राकृतिक - स्वाभाविक पानी जैसा स्वाद वाला पानी भरा है।
ये सभी जलाशय मन को प्रसन्न करने वाले, दर्शनीय, अभिरूप और प्रतिरूप हैं ।
DESCRIPTION OF LAKES IN FOREST-REGIONS
143. Small square-type lakes, round pushkarnies straight flowing canals, oblique, slanting channels of water, the rows of tanks covered with flowers, the rows of tanks joined with one another and to the canal for proper flow of water and the rows of wells are in the forest-region at many places.
All the lakes are crystal clear and exquisitely clean and smooth from outside. Their bank is of silver and the bank portion is levelled and squre-like. All these water closets are made of gem type stones. The surface of the earth is of burnt red gold. The pure silver dust and gold dust is scattered (spread) on it. The raised sides of the banks are of Vaidurya gems. The places for going down and coming out are easy. Many jewels are studded at the bathing places (ghaat).
The water in the four cornered lakes and circular wells is deeper and deeper as one goes down and is also cool. It is covered with lotus leaves, lotus filament and lotus stem. All these water tanks are looking bright due to various types of lotus namely blue lotus, white lotus, ordinary lotus, subhag, fragrant lotus, special type of white lotus, hundred-leaved lotus, thousand-leaved lotus and of other types. The bees move around to taste their fragrant dust. The wells are full of pure clean water. The crocodiles, tortoise and other such animals, freely move hither and other enjoying it. Many flocks of birds come there while flying from distance.
All these lakes are surrounded by platform and orchard one each.
Some of these lakes have wine-like water, some sea water, some sweet milky water, some ghee-like water, some sugar-cane juice type water and some have water of natural taste.
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