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## The Adi Purana
**3**
The lotus pond, filled with lotus pollen, appeared radiant, as if the earth's surface were covered with golden dust. || 9 ||
The water of the pond was obstructed on all sides by lotus pollen. Seeing this, the wives of the Kadamba swans were repeatedly deceived, thinking it was land. || 10 ||
The bees, trapped in the clusters of lotus filaments, appeared like golden beads, like a necklace of the autumn season. || 11 ||
The melodious white birds gathered around the lotus pond, like devotees praising the virtues of a generous family. || 12 ||
The banks of the rivers were clean in the autumn season, as if they were beds made of white cloth for the swans. || 13 ||
The ponds with lotuses, the fields with blue lotuses, and the rivers with swan-filled banks, all stole the hearts of the amorous. || 14 ||
The clear, straight streams of the pond, filled with pairs of cranes, were adorned with the beautiful sounds of the trumpeting swans. || 15 ||
The autumn goddess, with eyes like blue lotuses and a face like a lotus, seemed to be conversing with the swans through their sweet sounds. || 16 ||
The fields of ripe rice, with their drooping grains and yellow hue, appeared as if they were adorned with turmeric, like a woman dressed for her husband's arrival in the autumn season. || 17 ||
The swans were filled with joy, while the peacocks lost their joy, upon seeing the beauty of the autumn season. This is the nature of purity and impurity. || 18 ||
**2**
1. Kadamba swans. This is because "Kadamba" is a synonym for "swan".
2. They were deceiving.
3. Made.
4. They sang.
5. Swans.
6. Group of renunciants.
7. Harmony.
8. Sacred place.
9. Bank.
10. They were stealing.
11. Night.
12. Swans. The peacocks were dejected.
13. Joy.
14. Peacocks. The swans were happy.
15. This is indeed our own nature.