agadha -- very deep; toya -- whose water; hradini -- of the rivers; tata -- upon the shores; urmibhih -- by the waves; dravat -- liquefied; purishyah -- whose mud; pulinaih -- by the sandy banks; samantatah -- on all sides; na -- not; yatra -- upon which; canda -- of the sun; amsu-karah -- the rays; visha -- like poison; ulbanah -- fierce; bhuvah -- of the earth; rasam -- the juice; sadvalitam -- the greenness; ca -- and; grihnate -- take away.

With their flowing waves the deep rivers drenched their banks, making them damp and muddy. Thus the rays of the sun, which were as fierce as poison, could not evaporate the earth's sap or parch its green grass.