Shloka 7

Bhūtavana–Kailāsa–Mandākinī–Rudrapurī: Śiva’s Jeweled Abodes and Perpetual Worship

Devanagari script

रम्यं ह्यविरलच्छायं दशयोजनमण्डलम् तत्र भूतवनं नाम नानाभूतगणालयम्

Transliteration

ramyaṃ hyaviralacchāyaṃ daśayojanamaṇḍalam tatra bhūtavanaṃ nāma nānābhūtagaṇālayam

Translation

C’était une contrée ravissante, à l’ombre dense et continue, s’étendant sur un cercle de dix yojanas. Là se trouvait une forêt nommée Bhūtavana, demeure de nombreuses troupes de bhūtas et d’êtres serviteurs — les gaṇas qui se meuvent sous le Seigneur Pati (Śiva).

Word by Word

• रम्यम्: delightful, beautiful

• हि: indeed

• अविरल-च्छायम्: with continuous/unbroken shade

• दश-योजन-मण्डलम्: a region/circuit of ten yojanas

• तत्र: there

• भूतवनम्: the forest named Bhūtavana

• नाम: by name

• नाना: various, many kinds of

• भूत: beings/spirits/elemental creatures

• गण-आलयम्: abode of hosts (gaṇas), a residence of groups

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)