SB 5.16.19 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.16.19

एवं जम्बूफलानामत्युच्चनिपातविशीर्णानामनस्थिप्रायाणामिभकायनिभानां रसेन जम्बू नाम नदी मेरुमन्दरशिखरादयुतयोजनादवनितले निपतन्ती दक्षिणेनात्मानं यावदिलावृतमुपस्यन्दयति ॥ १९ ॥

evaṁ jambū-phalānām atyucca-nipāta-viśīrṇānām anasthi-prāyāṇām ibha-kāya-nibhānāṁ rasena jambū nāma nadī meru-mandara-śikharād ayuta-yojanād avani-tale nipatantī dakṣiṇenātmānaṁ yāvad ilāvṛtam upasyandayati.

[evam jamboo-phalaanaam atyuchcha-nipaata-visheernaanaam anasthi-praayaanaam ibha-kaaya-nibhaanaam rasena jamboo naama nadee meru-mandara-shikharaad ayuta-yojanaad avani-tale nipatantee dakshinenaatmaanam yaavad ilaavritam upasyandayati.]

Word-for-word

evam — similarly jambū-phalānām — of the fruits called jambū (the rose apple) ati-ucca-nipāta — because of falling from a great height viśīrṇānām — which are broken to pieces anasthi-prāyāṇām — having very small seeds ibha-kāya-nibhānām — and which are as large as the bodies of elephants rasena — by the juice jambū nāma nadī — a river named Jambū-nadī meru-mandara-śikharāt — from the top of Merumandara Mountain ayuta-yojanāt — ten thousand yojanas high avani-tale — on the ground nipatantī — falling dakṣiṇena — on the southern side ātmānam — itself yāvat — the whole ilāvṛtam — Ilāvṛta-varṣa upasyandayati — flows through.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

evam

similarly

jambū-phalānām

of the fruits called jambū (the rose apple)

ati-ucca-nipāta

because of falling from a great height

viśīrṇānām

which are broken to pieces

anasthi-prāyāṇām

having very small seeds

ibha-kāya-nibhānām

and which are as large as the bodies of elephants

rasena

by the juice

jambū nāma nadī

a river named Jambū-nadī

meru-mandara-śikharāt

from the top of Merumandara Mountain

ayuta-yojanāt

ten thousand yojanas high

avani-tale

on the ground

nipatantī

falling

dakṣiṇena

on the southern side

ātmānam

itself

yāvat

the whole

ilāvṛtam

Ilāvṛta-varṣa

upasyandayati

flows through.

Similarly, the fruits of the jambū tree, which are full of pulp and have very small seeds, fall from a great height and break to pieces. Those fruits are the size of elephants, and the juice gliding from them becomes a river named Jambū-nadī. This river falls a distance of 10,000 yojanas, from the summit of Merumandara to the southern side of Ilāvṛta, and floods the entire land of Ilāvṛta with juice.

Purport

We can only imagine how much juice there might be in a fruit that is the size of an elephant but has a very tiny seed. Naturally the juice from the broken jambū fruits forms waterfalls and floods the entire land of Ilāvṛta. That juice produces an immense quantity of gold, as will be explained in the next verses.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

A river named Jambū-nadī, formed from the juice of the jambū fruit, which are as big as elephants and have small seeds, and which break into pieces because of falling from a great height, falls a distance of 10,000 yojanas from the summit of Merumandara Mountain, and then flows to the south, increasing its size to cover the length of Ilāvṛta. Anasthi-prāyāṇām means “having very small seeds.” Dakṣṇena means “in the southern direction.” The river flows, increasing its length to the size of Ilāvṛta (yāvat ilāvrṭam). That means it flows for nine thousand yojanas.

Personal Guidance

Jambū fruits the size of elephants break into juice that produces gold in the riverbanks. The Lord's economy turns sweetness into precious wealth. Material prosperity is a downstream effect of higher arrangements, not an end in itself.

Reflection Questions

Where are you chasing the gold directly when serving the sweetness upstream would produce it naturally?
What 'sweetness' could you tend that would yield prosperity over time without you grasping for it?

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