SB 5.24.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fifth Canto - Chapter 24: The Subterranean Heavenly Planets

SB 5.24.9 - SB 5.24.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

udyānāni cātitarāṁ mana-indriyānandibhiḥ kusuma-phala-stabaka-subhaga-

kisalayāvanata-rucira-viṭapa-viṭapināṁ latāṅgāliṅgitānāṁ śrībhiḥ

samithuna-vividha-vihaṅgama-jalāśayānām amala-jala-pūrṇānāṁ

jhaṣakulollaṅghana-kṣubhita-nīra-nīraja-kumuda-kuva-laya-

kahlāra-nīlotpala-lohita-śatapatrādi-vaneṣu kṛta-niketanānām

eka-vihārākula-madhura-vividha-svanādibhir

indriyotsavair amara-loka-śriyam atiśayitāni

SYNONYMS

udyānāni — the gardens and parks; ca — also; atitarām — greatly; manaḥ — to the mind; indriya — and to the senses; ānandibhiḥ — which cause pleasure; kusuma — by flowers; phala — of fruits; stabaka — bunches; subhaga — very beautiful; kisalaya — new twigs; avanata — bent low; rucira — attractive; viṭapa — possessing branches; viṭapinām — of trees; latā-aṅga-āliṅgitānām — which are embraced by the limbs of creepers; śrībhiḥ — by the beauty; sa-mithuna — in pairs; vividha — varieties; vihaṅgama — frequented by birds; jala-āśayānām — of reservoirs of water; amala-jala-pūrṇānām — full of clear and transparent water; jhaṣa-kula-ullaṅghana — by the jumping of different fish; kṣubhita — agitated; nīra — in the water; nīraja — of lotus flowers; kumuda — lilies; kuvalaya — flowers named kuvalaya; kahlāra — kahlāra flowers; nīla-utpala — blue lotus flowers; lohita — red; śata-patra-ādi — lotus flowers with a hundred petals and so on; vaneṣu — in forests; kṛta-niketanānām — of birds that have made their nests; eka-vihāra-ākula — full of uninterrupted enjoyment; madhura — very sweet; vividha — varieties; svana-ādibhiḥ — by vibrations; indriya-utsavaiḥ — invoking sense enjoyment; amara-loka-śriyam — the beauty of the residential places of the demigods; atiśayitāni — surpassing.

TRANSLATION

The parks and gardens in the artificial heavens surpass in beauty those of the upper heavenly planets. The trees in those gardens, embraced by creepers, bend with a heavy burden of twigs with fruits and flowers, and therefore they appear extraordinarily beautiful. That beauty could attract anyone and make his mind fully blossom in the pleasure of sense gratification. There are many lakes and reservoirs with clear, transparent water, agitated by jumping fish and decorated with many flowers such as lilies, kuvalayas, kahlāras and blue and red lotuses. Pairs of cakravākas and many other water birds nest in the lakes and always enjoy in a happy mood, making sweet, pleasing vibrations that are very satisfying and conducive to enjoyment of the senses.

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