Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.25.18
हिमनिर्झरविप्रुष्मत्कुसुमाकरवायुना ।
चलत्प्रवालविटपनलिनीतटसम्पदि ॥ १८ ॥
hima-nirjhara-vipruṣmat-
[hima-nirjhara-viprushmat-]
kusumākara-vāyunā
[kusumaakara-vaayunaa]
calat-pravāla-viṭapa-
[chalat-pravaala-vitapa-]
nalinī-taṭa-sampadi
[nalinee-tata-sampadi]
Word-for-word
hima-nirjhara
—
from the icy mountain waterfall
vipruṭ-mat
—
carrying particles of water
kusuma-ākara
—
springtime
vāyunā
—
by the air
calat
—
moving
pravāla
—
branches
viṭapa
—
trees
nalinī-taṭa
—
on the bank of the lake with lotus flowers
sampadi
—
opulent.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hima-nirjhara-vipruṣmat-
hima-nirjhara
from the icy mountain waterfall
vipruṭ-mat
carrying particles of water
kusumākara-vāyunā
kusuma-ākara
springtime
vāyunā
by the air
calat-pravāla-viṭapa-
calat
moving
pravāla
branches
viṭapa
trees
nalinī-taṭa-sampadi
nalinī-taṭa
on the bank of the lake with lotus flowers
sampadi
opulent.
The branches of the trees standing on the bank of the lake received particles of water carried by the spring air from the falls coming down from the icy mountain.
Purport
In this verse the word hima-nirjhara is particularly significant. The waterfall represents a kind of liquid humor or rasa (relationship). In the body there are different types of humor, rasa or mellow. The supreme mellow (relationship) is called the sexual mellow ( ādi-rasa ). When this ādi-rasa, or sex desire, comes in contact with the spring air moved by Cupid, it becomes agitated. In other words, all these are representations of rūpa, rasa, gandha, śabda and sparśa. The wind is sparśa, or touch; the waterfall is rasa, or taste; the spring air ( kusumākara ) is smell. All these varieties of enjoyment make life very pleasing, and thus we become captivated by material existence.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Outside the city in groves of beautiful trees and creepers, with ponds resounding with the cries of flocks of birds and humming of bees, with lakes having banks abundant with lotuses and trees, whose branches moved in the spring wind laden with water drops from cool waterfalls, where cuckoos warbled as if calling out to travelers, there were various non-violent forest animals free of troubles, and no violent animals.
In three verses, the variety of sense objects are described as the various items in the grove outside the city, in order to convey how the jīva becomes fixed in his body by concentrating on sense objects.
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Personal Guidance
Trees on the bank received spray from icy waterfalls; the body has different humors (rasas). The body's internal climate is itself moved by 'waterfalls' of mood and humor.
Reflection Questions
- Which 'waterfall' is most active in me right now, and where is its spray landing?
- How does naming the inner rasa change my response to it?
My note
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