SB 10.22.36 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.36

इति प्रवालस्तबकफलपुष्पदलोत्करै: । तरूणां नम्रशाखानां मध्यतो यमुनां गत: ॥ ३६ ॥

iti pravāla-stabaka-

[iti pravaala-stabaka-]

phala-puṣpa-dalotkaraiḥ

[phala-pushpa-dalotkaraih]

tarūṇāṁ namra-śākhānāṁ

[taroonaam namra-shaakhaanaam]

madhyato yamunāṁ gataḥ

[madhyato yamunaam gatah]

Word-for-word

iti — thus speaking pravāla — of new branches stabaka — by the clusters phala — of fruit puṣpa — flowers dala — and leaves utkaraiḥ — by the abundance tarūṇām — of the trees namra — bowed down śākhānām — whose branches madhyataḥ — from within the midst yamunām — the Yamunā River gataḥ — He came upon .

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

iti pravāla-stabaka-

iti

thus speaking

pravāla

of new branches

stabaka

by the clusters

phala-puṣpa-dalotkaraiḥ

phala

of fruit

puṣpa

flowers

dala

and leaves

utkaraiḥ

by the abundance

tarūṇāṁ namra-śākhānāṁ

tarūṇām

of the trees

namra

bowed down

śākhānām

whose branches

madhyato yamunāṁ gataḥ

madhyataḥ

from within the midst

yamunām

the Yamunā River

gataḥ

He came upon .

Important Words

pravāla — of new branches
From pra-√val. Pravāla = new shoot, tender growth — also coral. The poet picks the most delicate part of the tree to ornament Kṛṣṇa's path. Vraja is described in micro-detail; nothing is generic.
stabaka — by the clusters
A cluster of flowers or fruits. The forest's offering arrives in clusters — bouquets bending over Kṛṣṇa's head. The same flowers that Kṛṣṇa will name in BG 9.26 as acceptable offerings are here offered by the trees themselves.
namra-śākhānām — whose branches were bent down
Compound: namra (bowed) + śākhā (branch), genitive plural. Namra — the participial form of namaḥ. The trees' branches are doing namaskāra. Kṛṣṇa walks through a forest of bowing devotees.
madhyataḥ — from within the midst
Adverb / ablative: from the middle of. He moves through the center of the bowed canopy — like a king through a praṇāma-formation. The geometry of Vraja-līlā is always processional.
yamunām — the Yamunā River
Accusative of Yamunā. The same river of verses 2–3, 6, 7. The Yamunā bookends the chapter: the gopīs' vow at her shore, Kṛṣṇa's return to her water at the chapter's close. Vraja's geography keeps faith with the līlā.

Thus moving among the trees, whose branches were bent low by their abundance of twigs, fruits, flowers and leaves, Lord Kṛṣṇa came to the Yamunā River.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Thus moving among the trees, whose branches were bent low by their abundance of twigs, fruits, flowers and leaves, Lord Kṛṣṇa came to the Yamunā River.

Commentary

They passed among the trees with branches heavy with twigs fruit flowers and leaves.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Stavaka means bunches of flower. Madhyataḥ means “on a middle road,” since it was sheltered from the sun.

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya

Commentary

Stavaka means bunches of flowers and leaves. Madhyataḥ means “on a middle road,” since it was sheltered from the sun. He went a long way in this manner. Because of this, later it is mentioned that they became hungry. Since they could have relieved their hunger from fruits, the trees on the road had inedible fruits like the aśoka tree.

Related values & verses

Related values

Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)

Concepts

Jiva

Personal Guidance

Moving among trees bent low with twigs, fruits, flowers, and leaves, Kṛṣṇa comes to the Yamunā. The Lord walks under the canopy of generosity He just praised — He honors what He commends by being among it.

Reflection Questions

Whose generosity am I walking under daily but rarely acknowledging?
Where could I let myself be enclosed by an environment of giving rather than competing?

Analogy

The tree-sermon ends and Kṛṣṇa walks on — branches loaded with fruit and flower bend low as He passes, the forest itself bowing the way the gopīs bowed an hour earlier. Vṛndāvana acknowledges its Lord with the same gesture His devotees do: a stooping branch is a tree's praṇāma.

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