Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.59.40
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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satyabhāmāyāḥ
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of Satyabhāmā
Satyabhāmā — one of Kṛṣṇa's eight principal queens, daughter of Satrājit. Considered an aṁśa of Bhū-devī by Gauḍīya commentators — making this whole chapter (where Bhū-devī appears in person at verse 23) a structural circle: the goddess and her aṁśa both honored.
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gṛha - udyāna
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the garden of her residence
Compound: gṛha (house) + udyāna (garden). The pārijāta is planted not in a public park but in the queen's private garden — domesticated celestial wealth.
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bhramarāḥ
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bees
From √bhram (to wander). Bees in Bhāgavata imagery are devotees — they 'wander' from flower to flower, but here they follow one fragrance south. Gauḍīya kīrtana literature is full of bee-imagery; the bees of Vraja follow Kṛṣṇa's body itself.
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lampaṭāḥ
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greedy
From √lamp (to be greedy, to crave). Strong word — the bees are 'lampaṭa' for the fragrance, lustful even. Gauḍīyas note: spiritual lampaṭatā for Kṛṣṇa's sweetness is a virtue, not a fault.
He planted the tree in Satyabhama’s private garden.
This verse glorifies the pārijāta. Viṣṇu Purāṇa gives details: yam abhyetya janaḥ sarvo jātiṁ smarati paurvikīm / vāsyate yasya puṣpottha-gandhenorvī tri-yojanam // tatas te yādavāḥ sarve dehabandhāna-mānuṣān / dadṛśuḥ pādape tasmin kurvanto mukha-darśanam // The smell of the tree perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and on approaching it enabled everyone to recollect the events of a prior existence; so that, on beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas saw themselves in celestial forms. nana-vidhāni tūryāṇi geyāni madhurāṇi ca / śuśruvus tasya vṛkṣasya nātidūragatā narāḥ // yo yaṁ saṁkalpayām āsa gandhaṁ hṛdyaṁ naras tadā / sa tadaiva tam ājaghre pārijāta-samudbhavam // People who were not far away could hear various instruments and sweet singing coming from the tree. Whoever had even a slight desire in their heart received that object immediately from the pārijāta. manīṣitena sa tarur alpo bhavati bhārata / mahāṁś ca vāsudevasya tad adbhutam ivābhavat // kadācid dvārakāṁ sarvāṁ pracchādayati bhārata / kadācid dhasta-dhāryas tu bhavaty aṅguṣṭha-saṁnibhaḥ // By desire, the tree of Kṛṣṇa would become small or large. It was most remarkable. Sometime its branches covered the whole of Dvārakā. Sometimes it could be held in the hand, becoming as small as a thumb. Varuṇa’s umbrella was given to Indra. The jeweled mountain was brought to Dvārakā. Hari-vaṁśa describes this. praviveśa gṛhaṁ śaurir ādāya maṇi-parvatam // taṁ ca śakrasya dayitaṁ pārijātaṁ mahā-drumam / Kṛṣṇa entered his house and placed the jeweled mountain there as well as the great pārijāta tree, dear to Indra.
The bees, greedy for the nectar flew here and there, coming from Svarga with the plant. This verse glorifies the pārijāta. The bees, greedy for the nectar flew here and there, coming from Svarga with the plant. Viṣṇu Purāṇa gives details: yam abhyetya janaḥ sarvo jātiṁ smarati paurvikīm / vāsyate yasya puṣpottha-gandhenorvī tri-yojanam // tatas te yādavāḥ sarve dehabandhāna-mānuṣān / dadṛśuḥ pādape tasmin kurvanto mukha-darśanam // The smell of the tree perfumed the earth for three furlongs, and on approaching, it enabled everyone to recollect the events of a prior existence. On beholding their faces in that tree, all the Yádavas saw themselves in celestial forms. nana-vidhāni tūryāṇi geyāni madhurāṇi ca / śuśruvus tasya vṛkṣasya nātidūragatā narāḥ // yo yaṁ saṁkalpayām āsa gandhaṁ hṛdyaṁ naras tadā / sa tadaiva tam ājaghre pārijāta-samudbhavam // People who were not far away could hear various instruments and sweet singing coming from the tree. Whoever had even a slight desire in their heart received that object immediately from the pārijāta. manīṣitena sa tarur alpo bhavati bhārata / mahāṁś ca vāsudevasya tad adbhutam ivābhavat // kadācid dvārakāṁ sarvāṁ pracchādayati bhārata / kadācid dhasta-dhāryas tu bhavaty aṅguṣṭha-saṁnibhaḥ // By desire, the tree of Kṛṣṇa would become small or large. It was most remarkable. Sometime its branches covered the whole of Dvārakā. Sometimes it could be held in the hand, becoming as small as a thumb. Varuṇa’s umbrella was given to Indra. The jeweled mountain was brought to Dvārakā. Hari-vaṁśa describes this. Previously, concerning construction of Dvārakā, it was said: sudharmāṁ pārijātaṁ ca mahendraḥ prāhiṇod dhareḥ yatra cāvasthito martyo martya-dharmair na yujyate Indra brought Kṛṣṇa the Sudharmā assembly hall, standing within which a mortal man is not subject to the laws of mortality. Indra also gave the pārijāta tree. SB 10.50.54 Śrīdhara Svāmī explains the contradiction. Indra brought the pārijāta tree, or rather gave it up when Kṛṣṇa took it. Or after it was established by Indra, the Lord himself forcibly brought it again. Hari-vaṁśa mentions this three times showing the difference in strength between Indra and Kṛṣṇa. Or the issue is resolved by saying that the Lord performed different pastimes in different kalpas.
Bees follow the pārijāta from heaven to Dvārakā the way the heart follows wherever Bhagavān moves His gifts — neither tree nor bee can stay behind. Satyabhāmā's garden becomes more than a garden; it is heaven's perfume reorganized around Kṛṣṇa.
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