Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.30.9

cūta-priyāla-panasāsana-kovidāra

jambv-arka-bilva-bakulāmra-kadamba-nīpāh

ye 'nye parārtha-bhavakā yamunopakūlāh

śamsantu krishna-padavīm rahitātmanām nah

SYNONYMS

cūta — O mango creeper; priyāla — O priyāla tree (a kind of śāla tree); panasa — O jackfruit tree; āsana — O āsana tree (a yellow śāla); kovidāra — O kovidāra tree; jambu — O rose-apple tree; arka — O arka plant; bilva — O bel-fruit tree; bakula — O mimosa tree; āmra — O mango tree; kadamba — O kadamba tree; nīpāh — O nīpa (a smaller kind of kadamba); ye — who; anye — others; para — of others; artha — for the sake; bhavakāh — whose existence; yamunā-upakūlāh — living near the bank of the river Yamunā; śamsantu — kindly tell; krishna-padavīm — the path Krishna has taken; rahita — who have been deprived; ātmanām — of our minds; nah — to us.

TRANSLATION

O cūta, O priyāla, O panasa, āsana and kovidāra, O jambu, O arka, O bilva, bakula and āmra, O kadamba and nīpa and all you other plants and trees living by the banks of the Yamunā who have dedicated your very existence to the welfare of others, we gopīs have lost our minds, so please tell us where Krishna has gone.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the cūta is a mango creeper, whereas the āmra is a mango tree. He goes on to explain that the nīpa, though not a very prominent tree, bears large flowers, and that the gopīs' desperation to find Krishna is clearly shown by the fact that they approached the insignificant arka plant.

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī gives the following information about Vrindāvana's trees: "The nīpa is 'the dust kadamba,' and it has large flowers. The kadamba proper has smaller flowers and a very pleasant fragrance. The kovidāra is a particular kind of kañcanāra [mountain ebony tree]. Even though the arka plant is very insignificant, it always grows near Lord Gopīśvara [the Śiva deity in Vrindāvana forest] because it is dear to him."

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