Sanskrit to English:
पृष्ठजलेषु नौकायाने चरतां भवतां तटस्थजीवनं इत्थं दृश्यते, गाढ-हरिद्वर्णयुजः तण्डुलोकृषिवलयाः, नारिकेलवनानि, तत्र तत्र देवालयाः, चर्च्-विशेषाश्च।
On display are life on the banks, lush green rice fields, and coconut groves with an occasional temple or church as you cruise through the backwaters.