SB 4.6.16 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.6.16

स्वर्णार्णशतपत्रैश्च वररेणुकजातिभि: । कुब्जकैर्मल्लिकाभिश्च माधवीभिश्च मण्डितम् ॥ १६ ॥

svarṇārṇa-śata-patraiś ca

[svarnaarna-shata-patraish cha]

vara-reṇuka-jātibhiḥ

[vara-renuka-jaatibhih]

kubjakair mallikābhiś ca

[kubjakair mallikaabhish cha]

mādhavībhiś ca maṇḍitam

[maadhaveebhish cha manditam]

Word-for-word

svarṇārṇa — golden-colored śata-patraiḥ — with lotuses ca — and vara-reṇuka-jātibhiḥ — with varas, reṇukas and mālatīs kubjakaiḥ — with kubjakas mallikābhiḥ — with mallikās ca — and mādhavībhiḥ — with mādhavīs ca — and maṇḍitam — decorated.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

svarṇārṇa-śata-patraiś ca

svarṇārṇa

golden-colored

śata-patraiḥ

with lotuses

and

vara-reṇuka-jātibhiḥ

with varas, reṇukas and mālatīs

kubjakair mallikābhiś ca

kubjakaiḥ

with kubjakas

mallikābhiḥ

with mallikās

and

mādhavībhiś ca maṇḍitam

mādhavībhiḥ

with mādhavīs

and

maṇḍitam

decorated.

There are other trees also which decorate the hill, such as the golden lotus flower, the cinnamon tree, mālatī, kubja, mallikā and mādhavī.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The mountain is decorated with golden śata-patra, oleander, cardamom, jasmine, kubja, mallikā and mādhavī. Reṇuka is cardamom. Jāti is jasmine.

Personal Guidance

Even the more 'minor' trees — cinnamon, mālatī, mādhavī — get a verse. In holy reality nothing is filler; the small ornaments are noticed and named.

Reflection Questions

Whom in my daily life have I treated as filler when they are actually ornamenting it?
What small daily detail could I begin to honor by simply naming it with attention?

📝 My note

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