SB 10.18.22
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 22
- vahanto vāhyamānāś ca
- cārayantaś ca go-dhanam
- bhāṇḍīrakaṁ nāma vaṭaṁ
- jagmuḥ kṛṣṇa-purogamāḥ
SYNONYMS
vahantaḥ — carrying; vāhyamānāḥ — being carried; ca — and; cārayantaḥ — tending; ca — also; go-dhanam — the cows; bhāṇḍīrakam nāma — named Bhāṇḍīraka; vaṭam — to the banyan tree; jagmuḥ — they went; kṛṣṇa-puraḥ-gamāḥ — led by Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Thus carrying and being carried by one another, and at the same time tending the cows, the boys followed Kṛṣṇa to a banyan tree known as Bhāṇḍīraka.
PURPORT
Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī quotes the following verses from Śrī Harivaṁśa (Viṣṇu-parva 11.18-22), which describe the banyan tree:
- dadarśa vipulodagra-
- śākhinaṁ śākhināṁ varam
- sthitaṁ dharaṇyāṁ meghābhaṁ
- nibiḍaṁ dala-sañcayaiḥ
- gaganārdhocchritākāraṁ
- parvatābhoga-dhāriṇam
- nīla-citrāṅga-varṇaiś ca
- sevitaṁ bahubhiḥ khagaiḥ
- phalaiḥ pravālaiś ca ghanaiḥ
- sendracāpa-ghanopamam
- bhavanākāra-viṭapaṁ
- latā-puṣpa-sumaṇḍitam
- viśāla-mūlāvanataṁ
- pāvanāmbhoda-dhāriṇam
- ādhipatyam ivānyeṣāṁ
- tasya deśasya śākhinām
- kurvāṇaṁ śubha-karmāṇaṁ
- nirāvarṣam anātapam
- nyagrodhaṁ parvatāgrābhaṁ
- bhāṇḍīraṁ nāma nāmataḥ
"They saw that best of all trees, which had many long branches. With its dense covering of leaves, it resembled a cloud sitting on the earth. Indeed, its form was so large that it appeared like a mountain covering half the sky. Many birds with charming blue wings frequented that great tree, whose dense fruits and leaves made it seem like a cloud accompanied by a rainbow or like a house decorated with creepers and flowers. It spread its broad roots downward and carried upon itself the sanctified clouds. That banyan tree was like the lordly master of all other trees in that vicinity, as it performed the all-auspicious functions of warding off the rain and the heat of the sun. Such was the appearance of that nyagrodha tree known as Bhāṇḍīra, which seemed just like the peak of a great mountain."