Shloka 15

Adhyaya 52: सोमाधारः, पुण्योदानदी, मेरुप्रदक्षिणा, जम्बूद्वीपनववर्षवर्णनम्

Devanagari script

हिरण्मया इवात्यर्थम् ईश्वरार्पितचेतसः तथा रमणके जीवा न्यग्रोधफलभोजनाः

Transliteration

hiraṇmayā ivātyartham īśvarārpitacetasaḥ tathā ramaṇake jīvā nyagrodhaphalabhojanāḥ

Translation

Dans cette contrée délicieuse et enchanteresse, les âmes incarnées—ayant offert tout leur esprit à Īśvara—resplendissaient intensément, comme faites d’or, et vivaient des fruits du banian.

Word by Word

• हिरण्मयाः: golden, radiant

• इव: as if

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly, greatly

• ईश्वरार्पित-चेतसः: those whose minds are offered/dedicated to the Lord (Pati)

• तथा: likewise/there

• रमणके: in the delightful grove/pleasure-park

• जीवाः: living beings/individual souls (paśu)

• न्यग्रोध-फल: banyan fruit

• भोजनाः: those who eat, subsisting on

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)