Shloka 7

शिवार्चनविधिः — देवतानां पाशुपतव्रतप्राप्तिः तथा पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् (अध्याय ८०)

Devanagari script

भवनशतसहस्रैर् जुष्टम् आदित्यकल्पैर् ललितगतिविदग्धैर् हंसवृन्दैश् च भिन्नम् धवखदिरपलाशैश् चन्दनाद्यैश् च वृक्षैर् द्विजवरगणवृन्दैः कोकिलाद्यैर्द्विरेफैः

Transliteration

bhavanaśatasahasrair juṣṭam ādityakalpair lalitagatividagdhair haṃsavṛndaiś ca bhinnam dhavakhadirapalāśaiś candanādyaiś ca vṛkṣair dvijavaragaṇavṛndaiḥ kokilādyairdvirephaiḥ

Translation

সেই স্থান সূৰ্যসম দীপ্ত লক্ষ লক্ষ ভৱনেৰে শোভিত আছিল; আৰু ললিত গতিৰ নিপুণ হংসদলে তাক অধিক ৰমণীয় কৰিছিল। ধৱ, খদিৰ, পলাশ আৰু চন্দন আদি বৃক্ষৰে ই অলংকৃত; কোকিল আদি শ্ৰেষ্ঠ পক্ষীৰ ঝাঁক আৰু চাৰিওফালে গুঞ্জৰিত ভ্ৰমৰে ই পৰিপূৰ্ণ আছিল।

Word by Word

• भवन (bhavana): mansion, celestial dwelling

• शतसहस्रैः (śatasahasraiḥ): by hundreds of thousands

• जुष्टम् (juṣṭam): frequented, graced, adorned

• आदित्यकल्पैः (ādityakalpaiḥ): comparable to the Sun, sun-like in radiance

• ललितगति (lalita-gati): graceful movement

• विदग्धैः (vidagdhaiḥ): skilled, accomplished

• हंसवृन्दैः (haṃsa-vṛndaiḥ): by flocks of swans

• च (ca): and

• भिन्नम् (bhinnam): variegated, diversified, filled with

• धव (dhava): the dhava tree

• खदिर (khadira): khadira/acacia tree

• पलाश (palāśa): palāśa tree

• चन्दनाद्यैः (candana-ādyaiḥ): with sandalwood and the like

• वृक्षैः (vṛkṣaiḥ): by trees

• द्विजवरगणवृन्दैः (dvija-vara-gaṇa-vṛndaiḥ): by groups of excellent ‘twice-born’ birds

• कोकिलाद्यैः (kokila-ādyaiḥ): by cuckoos and others

• द्विरेफैः (dvirephaiḥ): by bees

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)