Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c11.146

v2.c11.146

When Rāma, together with Lakṣmaṇa, went to that lotus-lake (Pampā) filled with day-lotuses and blue lotus-flowers, he bewailed himself with mind awhirl. Scarce had he seen it but his senses quivered for joyful excitement; fallen under the power of the love god, he spoke these words to the son of Sumitrā: ‘Son of Sumitrā, Pampā is shining with its water clear as the cat's-eye jewel, with its wealth of blooming day-lotuses and blue lotus-flowers, adorned with trees of many kinds. Son of Sumitrā, behold the grove of Pampā, so glorious to see,