Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.55.25
आकीर्यमाणो दिविजै: स्तुवद्भि: कुसुमोत्करै: ।
भार्ययाम्बरचारिण्या पुरं नीतो विहायसा ॥ २५ ॥
ākīryamāṇo divi-jaiḥ
[aakeeryamaano divi-jaih]
stuvadbhiḥ kusumotkaraiḥ
[stuvadbhih kusumotkaraih]
bhāryayāmbara-cāriṇyā
[bhaaryayaambara-chaarinyaa]
puraṁ nīto vihāyasā
[puram neeto vihaayasaa]
Word-for-word
ākīryamāṇaḥ
—
being showered
divi - jaiḥ
—
by the residents of heaven
stuvadbhiḥ
—
who were offering praise
kusuma
—
of flowers
utkaraiḥ
—
with the scattering
bhāryayā
—
by His wife
ambara
—
in the sky
cāriṇyā
—
who was traveling
puram
—
to the city (Dvārakā)
nītaḥ
—
He was brought
vihāyasā
—
through the sky .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ākīryamāṇo divi-jaiḥ
ākīryamāṇaḥ
being showered
divi - jaiḥ
by the residents of heaven
stuvadbhiḥ kusumotkaraiḥ
stuvadbhiḥ
who were offering praise
kusuma
of flowers
utkaraiḥ
with the scattering
bhāryayāmbara-cāriṇyā
bhāryayā
by His wife
ambara
in the sky
cāriṇyā
who was traveling
puraṁ nīto vihāyasā
puram
to the city (Dvārakā)
nītaḥ
He was brought
vihāyasā
through the sky .
Important Words
-
divi-jaiḥ
—
by the heaven-born, the residents of heaven
Compound: divi (in heaven, loc.) + jaiḥ (born). The devas honor a deed that frees the cosmos from one of its great asuric obstructions — Śambara is on their threat-list, not just Pradyumna's.
-
kusuma-utkaraiḥ
—
with showers of flowers
Compound: kusuma (flowers) + utkaraiḥ (with abundant scatterings). Puṣpa-vṛṣṭi — the standard cosmic recognition of a Vaiṣṇava victory, used at Rāma's killing of Rāvaṇa, at Nṛsiṁha's slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu, here at Pradyumna's victory over Śambara.
-
bhāryayā-ambara-cāriṇyā
—
by His wife, traveling in the sky
Compound phrase: bhāryayā (by His wife, instr.) + ambara (sky) + cāriṇyā (traveling, fem. instr.). Māyāvatī can fly — a siddhi consistent with her being Rati, a goddess. The wife is the vehicle home; bhakti is the conveyance.
-
puram
—
to the city, through the sky
Compound phrase: puram (city) + vihāyasā (through the air, instr.). Pur — Dvārakā, the city. Vihāyas — the high atmosphere. The return journey takes the upper route; the asura's downward sea-cast (v.3) is undone by an upward sky-flight.
As the residents of the higher planets showered Pradyumna with flowers and chanted His praises, His wife appeared in the sky and transported Him through the heavens, back to the city of Dvārakā.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
As the residents of the higher planets showered Pradyumna with flowers and chanted His praises, His wife appeared in the sky and transported Him through the heavens, back to the city of Dvārakā.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
The devatās covered him with flowers. Māyāvatī brought him to Dvārakā on the sky path since she had the power to travel through the sky like a devatā.
Related values & verses
Concepts
Jiva
Personal Guidance
Higher planet residents shower flowers and chant praises; his wife appears in the sky and transports Him through the heavens back to Dvārakā. Victory leads to homeward flight; wife carries hero through the heavens.
Reflection Questions
- Whose 'sky-transport' homeward has been your route after a victory?
- How does aerial perspective change your return?
Analogy
The devas shower flowers and chant praises while Māyāvatī, traveling the sky, carries Pradyumna home to Dvārakā. The wife who waited in a kitchen now flies him through the heavens. Bhakti completes the circuit it began: cooked food in viraha, sky-travel in milana.
My note
Source: vedabase.io