Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.22.34
పత్రపుష్పఫలచ్ఛాయామూలవల్కలదారుభి: ।
గన్ధనిర్యాసభస్మాస్థితోక్మై: కామాన్వితన్వతే ॥ ౩౪ ॥
patra-puṣpa-phala-cchāyā-
[patra-pushpa-phala-chchaayaa-]
mūla-valkala-dārubhiḥ
[moola-valkala-daarubhih]
gandha-niryāsa-bhasmāsthi-
[gandha-niryaasa-bhasmaasthi-]
tokmaiḥ kāmān vitanvate
[tokmaih kaamaan vitanvate]
Word-for-word
patra
—
by their leaves
puṣpa
—
flowers
phala
—
fruits
chāyā
—
shade
mūla
—
roots
valkala
—
bark
dārubhiḥ
—
and wood
gandha
—
by their fragrance
niryāsa
—
sap
bhasma
—
ashes
asthi
—
pulp
tokmaiḥ
—
and young shoots
kāmān
—
desirable things
vitanvate
—
they award .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
patra-puṣpa-phala-cchāyā-
patra
by their leaves
puṣpa
flowers
phala
fruits
chāyā
shade
mūla-valkala-dārubhiḥ
mūla
roots
valkala
bark
dārubhiḥ
and wood
gandha-niryāsa-bhasmāsthi-
gandha
by their fragrance
niryāsa
sap
bhasma
ashes
asthi
pulp
tokmaiḥ kāmān vitanvate
tokmaiḥ
and young shoots
kāmān
desirable things
vitanvate
they award .
Important Words
-
patra-puṣpa-phala
—
by leaves, flowers, fruits
Compound: patra (leaf) + puṣpa (flower) + phala (fruit). The same triad Kṛṣṇa names in BG 9.26 (patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ) as acceptable offerings to Him. The tree offers to the world what we are meant to offer to Him.
-
chāyā
—
shade
From √chā (to cover). Shade is offered without depletion — the most efficient form of giving, in which the giver loses nothing and the receiver gains everything. A small image of Kṛṣṇa's mercy itself.
-
valkala
—
bark
The bark of a tree — used for cloth by ascetics. The Six Gosvāmīs wore valkala-vāsas. Kṛṣṇa's catalog of tree-gifts reads, in Gauḍīya hindsight, as the supply-list of the vānaprastha-vaiṣṇava.
-
kāmān
—
desirable things
Accusative plural of kāma. The same root that has dominated the gopī-section. Here kāma denotes generic 'desirables' the tree dispenses. The chapter's lexicon is consistent: kāma is the world's currency, redirected toward bhakti when fixed on Kṛṣṇa, dispensed freely when grown into a tree.
-
vitanvate
—
they award
Present middle of vi-√tan (to extend, to spread out). The verb of expansion — the tree extends itself outward in every form possible. Sevā is centrifugal; the self is given away through multiple channels at once.
These trees fulfill one’s desires with their leaves, flowers and fruits, their shade, roots, bark and wood, and also with their fragrance, sap, ashes, pulp and shoots.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
These trees fulfill one's desires with their leaves, flowers and fruits, their shade, roots, bark and wood, and also with their fragrance, sap, ashes, pulp and shoots.
Commentary
Niryasah means sap, asthi means pulp, and tokmah means the buds.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Fragrance is derived from the sap. Asthi means seeds.
Related values & verses
Related values
Anahankarah (Freedom from False Ego)
Related verses
BG 15.9
BG 9.1
BG 4.8
BG 10.1
BG 18.64
BG 15.7
BG 2.62
BG 3.11
BG 10.4
BG 12.3
BG 15.2
SB 4.29.2
BG 2.21
BG 16.1
BG 9.11
BG 3.30
BG 7.1
Concepts
Jiva
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Analogy
A complete inventory of giving — leaves, flowers, fruits, shade, roots, bark, wood, fragrance, sap, ashes, pulp, shoots — twelve gifts from one body. The tree has nothing left over for itself. Kṛṣṇa lays out what total self-offering looks like in concrete biological terms.
My note
Source: vedabase.io