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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.8.18-20
punyamala-jalasayam
sumanobhih parisvakto
vavav uttambhayan smaram
SYNONYMS
tat -- his; asrama-padam -- place of hermitage; punyam -- pious; punya -- pious; druma -- with trees; lata -- and creepers; ancitam -- specially marked; punya -- pious; dvija -- of brahmana sages; kula -- with the groups; akirnam -- brimming; punya -- pious; amala -- spotless; jala-asayam -- having reservoirs of water; matta -- maddened; bhramara -- of bees; sangitam -- with singing; matta -- maddened; kokila -- of cuckoos; kujitam -- with cooing; matta -- maddened; barhi -- of peacocks; nata-atopam -- with the frenzy of dancing; matta -- maddened; dvija -- of birds; kula -- with the families; akulam -- filled; vayuh -- the wind of the Malaya Hills; pravistah -- entering; adaya -- taking up; hima -- chilling; nirjhara -- of the waterfalls; sikaran -- the drops of mist; sumanobhih -- by the flowers; parisvaktah -- being embraced; vavau -- blew; uttambhayan -- evoking; smaram -- Cupid.
TRANSLATION
Groves of pious trees decorated the holy asrama of Markandeya Rsi, and many saintly brahmanas lived there, enjoying the abundant pure, sacred ponds. The asrama resounded with the buzzing of intoxicated bees and the cooing of excited cuckoos, while jubilant peacocks danced about. Indeed, many families of maddened birds crowded that hermitage. The springtime breeze sent by Lord Indra entered there, carrying cooling drops of spray from nearby waterfalls. Fragrant from the embrace of forest flowers, that breeze entered the hermitage and began evoking the lusty spirit of Cupid.
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