03179001a nidAghAntakaraH kAlaH sarvabhUtasukhAvahaH The season of the rains, that puts an end to the hot weather and is delightful to all animated beings,
03179001c tatraiva vasatAnM teSAmM prAvRT samabhipadyata while they were dwelling at that place, set in.
03179002a chAdayanto mahAghoSAH khaM dizaz ca balAhakAH Then the black clouds, rumbling loudly, and covering the heavens and the cardinal points,
03179002c pravavarSur divArAtram asitAsH satatanM tadA ceaselessly rained during day and night.
03179003a tapAtyayaniketAz ca zatazo 'tha sahasrazaH These clouds, counted by hundreds and by thousands, looked like domes in the rainy season.
note: niketa : a mark , sign
03179003c apetArkaprabhAjAlAsH savidyudvimalaprabhAH From the earth disappeared the effulgence of the sun; its place was taken by the stainless lustre of the lightning;
03179004a virUDhazaSpA pRthivI mattadaMzasarIsRpA the earth became delightful to all, being overgrown with grass, with gnats and reptiles in their joy;
03179004c babhUva payasA siktA zAntadhUmarajo 'ruNA it was bathed with rain and possessed with calm.
