SB 12.8.21 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.8.21

उद्यच्चन्द्रनिशावक्त्र: प्रवालस्तबकालिभि: । गोपद्रुमलताजालैस्तत्रासीत् कुसुमाकर: ॥ २१ ॥

udyac-candra-niśā-vaktraḥ

[udyach-chandra-nishaa-vaktrah]

pravāla-stabakālibhiḥ

[pravaala-stabakaalibhih]

gopa-druma-latā-jālais

[gopa-druma-lataa-jaalais]

tatrāsīt kusumākaraḥ

[tatraaseet kusumaakarah]

Word-for-word

udyat — rising candra — with the moon niśā — nighttime vaktraḥ — whose face pravāla — of new sprouts stabaka — and blossoms ālibhiḥ — with rows gopa — being hidden druma — of the trees latā — and creepers jālaiḥ — along with the multitude tatra — there āsīt — appeared kusuma-ākaraḥ — the spring season.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

udyac-candra-niśā-vaktraḥ

udyat

rising

candra

with the moon

niśā

nighttime

vaktraḥ

whose face

pravāla-stabakālibhiḥ

pravāla

of new sprouts

stabaka

and blossoms

ālibhiḥ

with rows

gopa-druma-latā-jālais

gopa

being hidden

druma

of the trees

latā

and creepers

jālaiḥ

along with the multitude

tatrāsīt kusumākaraḥ

tatra

there

āsīt

appeared

kusuma-ākaraḥ

the spring season.

Springtime then appeared in Mārkaṇḍeya’s āśrama. Indeed, the evening sky, glowing with the light of the rising moon, became the very face of spring, and sprouts and fresh blossoms virtually covered the multitude of trees and creepers.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Springtime, whose face was the rising moon at night, endowed with a network of trees and creepers protecting the moon rays and endowed with clumps of flowers, made its appearance in the hermitage. Spring had night as its face with a rising moon. The spring was endowed with a network of creepers and trees which protected the rays of the moon (gopa) and was endowed with lines of flower clumps.

Personal Guidance

Spring appears, intoxicating, the evening sky glowing with the rising moon. Even nature itself can be enlisted as part of the test. The world has beauty; we must learn to be moved by it without being captured.

Reflection Questions

Where does beauty currently capture rather than uplift me?
What helps me let beauty point toward the Beautiful One instead of away from Him?

📝 My note

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