SB 5.16.12 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.16.12

चतुर्ष्वेतेषु चूतजम्बूकदम्बन्यग्रोधाश्चत्वार: पादप प्रवरा: पर्वतकेतव इवाधिसहस्रयोजनोन्नाहास्तावद् विटपविततय: शतयोजनपरिणाहा: ॥ १२ ॥

caturṣv eteṣu cūta-jambū-kadamba-nyagrodhāś catvāraḥ pādapa-pravarāḥ parvata-ketava ivādhi-sahasra-yojanonnāhās tāvad viṭapa-vitatayaḥ śata-yojana-pariṇāhāḥ.

[chaturshv eteshu choota-jamboo-kadamba-nyagrodhaash chatvaarah paadapa-pravaraah parvata-ketava ivaadhi-sahasra-yojanonnaahaas taavad vitapa-vitatayah shata-yojana-parinaahaah.]

Word-for-word

caturṣu — on the four eteṣu — on these mountains, beginning with Mandara cūta-jambū-kadamba — of trees such as the mango, rose apple and kadamba nyagrodhāḥ — and the banyan tree catvāraḥ — four kinds pādapa-pravarāḥ — the best of trees parvata-ketavaḥ — the flagstaffs on the mountains iva — like adhi — over sahasra-yojana-unnāhāḥ — one thousand yojanas high tāvat — so much also viṭapa-vitatayaḥ — the length of the branches śata-yojana — one hundred yojanas pariṇāhāḥ — wide.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

caturṣv eteṣu cūta-jambū-kadamba-nyagrodhāś catvāraḥ pādapa-pravarāḥ parvata-ketava ivādhi-sahasra-yojanonnāhās tāvad viṭapa-vitatayaḥ śata-yojana-pariṇāhāḥ.

caturṣu

on the four

eteṣu

on these mountains, beginning with Mandara

cūta-jambū-kadamba

of trees such as the mango, rose apple and kadamba

nyagrodhāḥ

and the banyan tree

catvāraḥ

four kinds

pādapa-pravarāḥ

the best of trees

parvata-ketavaḥ

the flagstaffs on the mountains

iva

adhi

over

sahasra-yojana-unnāhāḥ

one thousand yojanas high

tāvat

so much also

viṭapa-vitatayaḥ

the length of the branches

śata-yojana

one hundred yojanas

pariṇāhāḥ

wide.

Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains are a mango tree, a rose apple tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas [800 miles] and a height of 1,100 yojanas [8,800 miles]. Their branches also spread to a radius of 1,100 yojanas.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Standing like flagstaffs on the summits of these four mountains starting with Mandara are a mango tree, a rose apple (jambū) tree, a kadamba tree and a banyan tree. Those trees are calculated to have a width of 100 yojanas and a height of 1,100 yojanas. Their branches also spread out for a length of 1,100 yojanas. Their height is over a thousand, meaning 1100 yojanas and their branches spread out that length. The width is 100 yojanas.

Personal Guidance

Vast trees — mango, rose apple, kadamba, banyan — stand like flagstaffs on the mountains. In sacred geography, even botany is grand and symbolic. Living things mark the territory; don't underestimate the power of what grows.

Reflection Questions

What 'tree' is currently growing tall in your life, and what does it mark about the territory of your soul?
What seedling are you planting now that could become someone's landmark?

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