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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.18.7

वनं कुसुमितं श्रीमन्नदच्चित्रमृगद्विजम् । गायन्मयूरभ्रमरं कूजत्कोकिलसारसम् ॥ ७ ॥
vanaṁ kusumitaṁ śrīman
[vanam kusumitam shreeman]
nadac-citra-mṛga-dvijam
[nadach-chitra-mriga-dvijam]
gāyan mayūra-bhramaraṁ
[gaayan mayoora-bhramaram]
kūjat-kokila-sārasam
[koojat-kokila-saarasam]
vanam — the forest kusumitam — full of flowers śrīmat — very beautiful nadat — making sounds citra — variegated mṛga — animals dvijam — and birds gāyan — singing mayūra — peacocks bhramaram — and bees kūjat — cooing kokila — cuckoos sārasam — and cranes .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vanaṁ kusumitaṁ śrīman
vanam
the forest
kusumitam
full of flowers
śrīmat
very beautiful
nadac-citra-mṛga-dvijam
nadat
making sounds
citra
variegated
mṛga
animals
dvijam
and birds
gāyan mayūra-bhramaraṁ
gāyan
singing
mayūra
peacocks
bhramaram
and bees
kūjat-kokila-sārasam
kūjat
cooing
kokila
cuckoos
sārasam
and cranes .
  • kusumitam — full of flowers
    Denominative past participle — having become flowered. The forest is described as having spontaneously bloomed for Him. Bhakti's pattern: response precedes the visible cause.
  • citra-mṛga-dvijam — of variegated animals and birds
    Citra (variegated, painted) + mṛga (animals) + dvija (twice-born — birds). Vraja's fauna is described as citra, like a painting — Gauḍīya commentators read this as cinmaya-citra, a painting of cit-śakti.
  • mayūra — peacocks
    Peacocks dance for Kṛṣṇa's flute and contribute their feathers to His crown. In Gauḍīya iconography the mayūra-piccha is the topmost natural ornament — the forest gives Bhagavān His tilaka without being asked.
  • bhramaram — and bees
    Bees taste flowers without harming them — the Gauḍīya emblem for the bhakta who takes only essence (madhukara-vṛtti). Their hum is Vraja's bass line.
  • kokila-sārasam — cuckoos and cranes
    Kokila's call is traditionally the voice of spring; sārasa is the love-paired bird. Together they encode that the season — even being technically summer — is already singing in the register of vasanta and śṛṅgāra.
Flowers beautifully decorated the forest of Vṛndāvana, and many varieties of animals and birds filled it with sound. The peacocks and bees sang, and the cuckoos and cranes cooed.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Flowers beautifully decorated the forest of Vṛndāvana, and many varieties of animals and birds filled it with sound. The peacocks and bees sang, and the cuckoos and cranes cooed.
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

The beauty (śrīman) is described. The forests were spread with unlimited blossoming flowers. Though it was summer, the qualities of spring manifested. Birds (dvijam) are mentioned and peacocks, though included among birds, are also mentioned to show a different type of beauty.

Related values
Prema (Divine Love)Bhakti (Devotion)
Concepts
ChitRasaJiva
Flowers decorate the forest; peacocks, bees, cuckoos, and cranes fill it with sound. Vṛndāvana is multisensory celebration — beauty for eyes, music for ears, fragrance for nose, all in one place.
Reflection Questions
  • Which sense in my life is currently most starved, and what could I add today to feed it?
  • Where am I treating my environment as background instead of as God's deliberate aesthetic?

Vṛndāvana's forest is not scenery — it is an orchestra Kṛṣṇa is about to walk through, where peacocks have already tuned to His flute and cuckoos have already learned His name. The world rehearses for Him before He arrives.

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