SB 4.6.13 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.6.13

आह्वयन्तमिवोद्धस्तैर्द्विजान् कामदुघैर्द्रुमै: । व्रजन्तमिव मातङ्गैर्गृणन्तमिव निर्झरै: ॥ १३ ॥

āhvayantam ivoddhastair

[aahvayantam ivoddhastair]

dvijān kāma-dughair drumaiḥ

[dvijaan kaama-dughair drumaih]

vrajantam iva mātaṅgair

[vrajantam iva maatangair]

gṛṇantam iva nirjharaiḥ

[grinantam iva nirjharaih]

Word-for-word

āhvayantam — calling iva — as if ut-hastaiḥ — with upraised hands (branches) dvijān — the birds kāma-dughaiḥ — yielding desires drumaiḥ — with trees vrajantam — moving iva — as if mātaṅgaiḥ — by elephants gṛṇantam — resounding iva — as if nirjharaiḥ — by the waterfalls.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

āhvayantam ivoddhastair

āhvayantam

calling

iva

as if

ut-hastaiḥ

with upraised hands (branches)

dvijān kāma-dughair drumaiḥ

dvijān

the birds

kāma-dughaiḥ

yielding desires

drumaiḥ

with trees

vrajantam iva mātaṅgair

vrajantam

moving

iva

as if

mātaṅgaiḥ

by elephants

gṛṇantam iva nirjharaiḥ

gṛṇantam

resounding

iva

as if

nirjharaiḥ

by the waterfalls.

There are tall trees with straight branches that appear to call the sweet birds, and when herds of elephants pass through the hills, it appears that the Kailāsa Hill moves with them. When the waterfalls resound, it appears that Kailāsa Hill does also.

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Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Kailāsa, with the upraised branches of desire trees, seems to be calling out to the birds as guests. When the elephants move about, the mountain itself seems to move about. With the waterfalls resounding, the mountain seems to be calling out. The birds are like brāhmaṇa guests, being invited by the mountain. The mountain seems to move when the elephants move about. The mountain seems to talking with sweet words with the sound of the waterfalls.

Personal Guidance

When elephants pass and waterfalls roar, the whole hill seems to move with them. When you're settled in something firm, you can absorb energetic movement around you without being destabilized.

Reflection Questions

Where am I confusing my own movement with the world's, like the hill 'moving' with the elephants?
Which inner ground would let me sway with events without being uprooted by them?

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