पञ्चाप्सरो-सरः कथनम् तथा अगस्त्याश्रममार्गनिर्देशः
Panchapsara Lake Account and Directions to Agastya
नीवारान्पनसांस्तालांस्तिमिशान्वञ्चुलान्धवान्।चिरिबिल्वान्मधूकांश्च बिल्वानपि च तिन्दुकान्।।।।
nīvārān panasāṃs tālāṃs timiśān vañculān dhavān | ciribilvān madhūkāṃś ca bilvān api ca tindukān ||
وہ نیوار کے جھاڑ، پنَس (کٹہل) کے درخت، تال (کھجور) کے درخت، تمیشا، ونچُل، دھوا، پرانے بیل، مدھوکہ، نیز بیل اور تِندُک کے درختوں کے پاس سے گزرتے گئے۔
They passed by wild rice fields, jackfruit trees, palmyra and various other trees like Ashoka, trees with white flowers, old trees that existed for a long time, mahva trees, bilva trees and tindukas.
Dharma here is ecological attentiveness and simplicity: the journey is framed through the forest’s life-supporting resources, consistent with a restrained, non-exploitative way of living.
While traveling onward, the text catalogs the vegetation and landscape they move through.
Endurance and harmony with nature: moving through the wilderness without complaint, attentive to the environment.