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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.52

वनानि नद्यो गिरयो वर्षाणि द्वीपसिन्धव: । सर्वे कामदुघा आसन् प्रजानां भरतर्षभ ॥ ५२ ॥
vanāni nadyo girayo
[vanaani nadyo girayo]
varṣāṇi dvīpa-sindhavaḥ
[varshaani dveepa-sindhavah]
sarve kāma-dughā āsan
[sarve kaama-dughaa aasan]
prajānāṁ bharatarṣabha
[prajaanaam bharatarshabha]
Word-for-word
vanāni — the forests nadyaḥ — the rivers girayaḥ — the hills and mountains varṣāṇi — various parts of the states or divisions on the surface of the earth dvīpa — islands sindhavaḥ — the oceans and seas sarve — all of them kāma-dughāḥ — full of their respective opulences āsan — existed like that prajānām — of all the living beings bharata-ṛṣabha — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bharata dynasty.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vanāni nadyo girayo
vanāni
the forests
nadyaḥ
the rivers
girayaḥ
the hills and mountains
varṣāṇi dvīpa-sindhavaḥ
varṣāṇi
various parts of the states or divisions on the surface of the earth
dvīpa
islands
sindhavaḥ
the oceans and seas
sarve kāma-dughā āsan
sarve
all of them
kāma-dughāḥ
full of their respective opulences
āsan
existed like that
prajānāṁ bharatarṣabha
prajānām
of all the living beings
bharata-ṛṣabha
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bharata dynasty.
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bharata dynasty, during the reign of Lord Rāmacandra the forests, the rivers, the hills and mountains, the states, the seven islands and the seven seas were all favorable in supplying the necessities of life for all living beings.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of the Bharata dynasty! During the reign of Rāmacandra the forests, the rivers, the hills and mountains, the states, the seven islands and the seven seas were all favorable in supplying the necessities of life for all living beings.
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Personal Guidance
Under Rāma, the forests, rivers, hills, and seas all favorably supplied life's needs. The condition of the natural environment is not separate from the moral and spiritual state of leadership.
Reflection Questions
  • How does my own use of the natural world reflect the leadership I am under — Rāma's, or someone else's?
  • What small act of care for nature could I take as a reminder of true sovereignty?
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