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Chapter 6: Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva

Verse 12 of 38
SB 1.6.12

चित्रधातुविचित्राद्रीनिभभग्नभुजद्रुमान् जलाशयांछिवजलान्नलिनीः सुरसेविताः चित्रस्वनैः पत्ररथैर्विभ्रमद्भ्रमरश्रियः

citra-dhātu-vicitrādrīn ibhabhagna-bhuja-drumān jalāśayāñchiva-jalān- nalinīḥ sura-sevitāḥ citra-svanaiḥ patrarathair vibhramad bhramara-śriyaḥ

Synonyms

citradhātu—valuable minerals like gold, silver, copper, etc.; vicitra—full of variegatedness; adrīn—hills and mountains; ibhabhagna—broken by the giant elephants; bhuja—branches; drumān—trees; jalāśayān śiva—health-giving; jalān—reservoirs of water; nalinīḥ—lotus flowers; sura-sevitāḥ—aspired to by the denizens of heaven; citrasvanaiḥ—pleasing to the heart; patra-rathaiḥ—by the birds; vibhramat—bewildering; bhramara-śriyaḥ—decorated by drones..

Translation

I passed through hills and mountains full of reservoirs of various minerals like gold, silver and copper, and through tracts of land with reservoirs of water filled with beautiful lotus flowers, fit for the denizens of heaven, decorated with bewildered bees and singing birds.

Verse 12 of 38