SB 1.6.11–14
खेटखर्वटवाटीश्च वनान्युपवनानि च ॥ ११ ॥
चित्रधातुविचित्राद्रीनिभभग्नभुजद्रुमान् ।
जलाशयाञ्छिवजलान्नलिनीः सुरसेविताः ॥ १२ ॥
चित्रस्वनैः पत्ररथैर्विभ्रमद्भ्रमरश्रियः ।
नलवेणुशरस्तम्ब कुशकीचकगह्वरम् ॥ १३ ॥
एक एवातियातोऽहमद्राक्षं विपिनं महत् ।
घोरं प्रतिभयाकारं व्यालोलूकशिवाजिरम् ॥ १४ ॥
kheṭa-kharvaṭa-vāṭīś ca vanāny upavanāni ca
citra-dhātu-vicitrādrīn ibha-bhagna-bhuja-drumān
jalāśayāñ chiva-jalān nalinīḥ sura-sevitāḥ
citra-svanaiḥ patra-rathair vibhramad bhramara-śriyaḥ
nala-veṇu-śara-stamba kuśa-kīcaka-gahvaram
eka evātiyāto’ham adrākṣaṁ vipinaṁ mahat
ghoraṁ pratibhayākāraṁ vyālolūka-śivājiram
Synonyms
tatra — there [in the northward direction (tasyāṁ diṣi)42]; aham43 — I; adrā-kṣam — observed [meaning that as I went, I looked with equal vision upon all kingdoms and so on, endowed as they were with numerous virtues and faults (jana-padādiṣu nānā guṇa-doṣa-yukteṣu sama-drṣṭiḥ san gato’ham)]; sphītān — prosperous [samṛddhān]; jana-padān — kingdoms [deṣān]; pura — cities; grāma — villages; vraja — cowherd settlements [gokulāni]; ākarān — mines [filled with precious gems (ratnādy utpatti sthānāni)]; kheṭa — small towns; kharvaṭa — mountain villages [giri-taṭa-grāmāḥ]; vāṭīḥ ca — flower gardens [gardens containing a multitude of flowers (pūga-puṣpa vāṭyas tāḥ)]; vanāni — forests [clusters of trees growing by themselves (svataḥ-siddha-vṛkṣāṇāṁ samūhāḥ)]; upavanāni ca — groves [clusters of trees that have been planted (ropita vṛkṣāṇāṁ samūhāḥ)]; vicitra — beautiful; adrīn — hills and mountains; citra-dhātu — [decked with] valuable minerals of various colors [such as gold and silver (citrair dhātubhiḥ suvarṇa rajatādyaiḥ)]; drumān — trees; bhuja — [with their] branches [śākhāḥ]; ibha-bhagna — broken by elephants; jalāśayān — reservoirs; śiva-jalān — [of] clear water; nalinīḥ — [and] lakes abounding with lotus flowers [padma-yukta-sarasīḥ]; sura-sevitāḥ — frequented by celestial beings; citra-svanaiḥ — resounding with the melodious cooing [tan-nāda-prabuddhaiḥ]; patra-rathaiḥ — [made] by the birds [pakṣibhiḥ]; bhramara-śriyaḥ — [and] adorned with bees [śrīḥ śobhā yāsāṁ tāḥ nalinīḥ]; vibhramat — fluttering here and there [itas-tato vibhramadbhiḥ]; atiyātaḥ — having journeyed across these lands [atikramya gataḥ san]; ekaḥ eva — all alone; aham — I; adrākṣam — [then] beheld; mahat — a great; vipinam — forest [vanam]; gahvaram — that was dense [difficult to traverse (durgam)]; nala — [with] rushes; veṇu — solid bamboo trees [devoid of any internal cavity (niśchidrāḥ)]; śaraḥ — reeds; stamba — clumps of tall grass; kuśa — kuśa grass; kīcaka — [and] hollow bamboo trees [having a large internal cavity (vipulāntarāla garbhāḥ)]; ajiram — [being] a playground [krīḍā-sthānam]; vyāla — [for] snakes; ulūka — owls; śiva — [and] jackals; ghoram — [it was] terrible [or difficult to endure (duḥsaham)]; pratibhaya-ākāram — [and] fearsome [bhayaṅkara-rūpam]; [yet I was neither astonished nor frightened even in looking upon all these numerous wondrous and fearsome sights, because my mind was then absorbed exclusively in tasting Bhagavān’s mellifluousness (teṣu teṣu bahu vismayāspadeṣu bhītyāspadeṣu ca dṛṣṭeṣv api na me vismayo nāpi bhītir abhūt man-manasas tadā bhagavan-mādhuryāsvāda mātrāviṣṭatvād)44].
Translation
There [while traveling northward], I observed prosperous kingdoms, cities, villages, cowherd settlements, mines, small towns, mountain villages, flower gardens, forests, groves, beautiful hills and mountains decked with valuable minerals of various colors, trees with their branches broken by elephants, reservoirs of clear water, and lakes abounding with lotus flowers, frequented by celestial beings, resounding with the melodious cooing of birds, and adorned with bees fluttering here and there. Having journeyed across these lands all alone, I then beheld a great forest that was dense with rushes, solid bamboo trees, reeds, clumps of tall grass, kuśa grass, and hollow bamboo trees. Being a playground for serpents, owls, and jackals, it was terrible and fearsome. [Yet I was neither astonished nor frightened even in looking upon all these numerous wondrous and fearsome sights, because my mind was then absorbed exclusively in tasting Bhagavān’s mādhurya.]