Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 69: Bharata’s Distressing Dreams
Text 2.69.9
प्लवमानश्च मे दृष्टः स तस्मिन्गोमयह्रदे।
पिबन्नञ्जलिना तैलं हसन्नपि मुहुर्मुहुः॥
plavamānaś ca me dṛṣṭaḥ sa tasmin gomaya-hrade
pibann añjalinā tailaṁ hasann api muhur muhuḥ
plavamānaḥ ca = hopping like a frog; me dṛṣṭaḥ = I saw; saḥ = him; tasmin = in that; gomaya-hrade = lake of cow-dung; piban = drinking; añjalinā = with his cupped palms; tailam = oil; hasan api = and laughing; muhuḥ muhuḥ = repeatedly.
“I saw him hopping in that lake of cow-dung like a frog, drinking oil with his cupped palms and laughing repeatedly.