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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.28.56

पञ्चारामं नवद्वारमेकपालं त्रिकोष्ठकम् । षट्कुलं पञ्चविपणं पञ्चप्रकृति स्त्रीधवम् ॥ ५६ ॥
pañcārāmaṁ nava-dvāram
[panchaaraamam nava-dvaaram]
eka-pālaṁ tri-koṣṭhakam
[eka-paalam tri-koshthakam]
ṣaṭ-kulaṁ pañca-vipaṇaṁ
[shat-kulam pancha-vipanam]
pañca-prakṛti strī-dhavam
[pancha-prakriti stree-dhavam]
pañca-ārāmam — five gardens nava-dvāram — nine gates eka — one pālam — protector tri — three koṣṭhakam — apartments ṣaṭ — six kulam — families pañca — five vipaṇam — stores pañca — five prakṛti — material elements strī — woman dhavam — master.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pañcārāmaṁ nava-dvāram
pañca-ārāmam
five gardens
nava-dvāram
nine gates
eka-pālaṁ tri-koṣṭhakam
eka
one
pālam
protector
tri
three
koṣṭhakam
apartments
ṣaṭ-kulaṁ pañca-vipaṇaṁ
ṣaṭ
six
kulam
families
pañca
five
vipaṇam
stores
pañca-prakṛti strī-dhavam
pañca
five
prakṛti
material elements
strī
woman
dhavam
master.
In that city [the material body] there are five gardens, nine gates, one protector, three apartments, six families, five stores, five material elements, and one woman who is lord of the house.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
It had five gardens, nine doors, one protector, three storehouses, six communities, five markets, five causes, a mistress and a master. It had five gardens or sense objects, nine openings of the body for the prāṇa. One prāṇa was the guard. The three treasuries are earth, water and fire. The six mercantile communities are the five knowledge senses and mind. The five markets are t he five action senses. The five powers of state are the five gross elements, the material substance. The mistress is intelligence. The master is husband of the intelligence.
Five gardens, nine gates, one protector, three apartments, six families, five stores, five elements, one woman lord. The body's anatomy as a city: enumerate its inhabitants to understand who you are.
Reflection Questions
  • Have I ever taken inventory of my body in scripture's terms?
  • Where would that inventory reorganize my self-understanding?
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