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aṅke vṛddhimupāgataṃ śiśutayā sarvāṅgamāliṅgitaṃ matsyaḥ śrīparirambhanirbharataravyākośakoṣonmukhaiḥ /
āśāptaiḥ paripīyamānamaniśaṃ niḥspandamindindirair dūrādeva nimeṣaśūnyanayanaḥ padmaṃ samudvīkṣate //

The fish from afar, with unblinking eyes, gazes at the lotus / grown in its lap and embraced with every limb since its youth, / which is now being drunk unceasingly by bees, motionless and longing, / their opening bud-calyxes heavy with the embrace of royal splendour.