atha = and then; andhakāre tu = in that darkness; aśrauṣam = I heard the sound; jale = with water; kumbhasya = of a pot; pūryataḥ = being filled; acakṣuḥ-viṣaye = which I could not see; ghoṣam = that sound; vāraṇasya = of an elephant; iva = resembled; nardataḥ = the sound.