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## Twenty-Seventh Chapter
23. This forest, adorned with extremely beautiful features, generates joy, like that of heaven, in the hearts of the gods, always and forever. ||57||
Beyond the forest on the bank, a vast forest is visible, extremely difficult to traverse, filled with various trees, creepers, shrubs, and bushes. ||58||
In this forest, inaccessible even to sight, a herd of deer, of various species, is running wildly, terrified by the commotion of the army. ||59||
This forest, filled with frightened deer, appears to be enveloped in darkness, as if the very life of its inhabitants is in turmoil. ||60||
A herd of elephants, separated by the commotion of the army, is fleeing from the watery region on the bank of the Ganges, like darkness spreading in all directions. ||61||
This noble elephant king, protecting the herd, is slowly advancing, sniffing the directions, his trunk raised high, as if Mount Meru, along with the serpent king, is moving. ||62||
This massive serpent, with its upper body raised, is coming from the watery region, breathing heavily, as if measuring the height of the trees. ||63||
These young pythons, gathered in this bower, are breathing heavily, as if the very intestines of the forest are being expelled due to the commotion of the army. ||64||
This boar, a solitary wanderer, who has dug up the nearby land with his snout, and is extremely fierce, is blocking the path of the army. ||65||
This rhinoceros, resembling a small mountain, whose path has been blocked by the soldiers with stones, wood, etc., is clearly causing turmoil in the army. ||66||
These lions, with their manes, resembling flames of fire, are constantly emerging from this forest, as if their very life force is escaping. ||67||