Shloka 22

सौगन्धिकपुष्पप्रसङ्गः — The Saugaṇdhika Lotus and Bhīma’s Approach to Hanūmān

Devanagari script

मधुस्रवै: सदा दिव्यां महर्षिगणसेविताम्‌ । मदप्रमुदितैर्नित्यं नानाद्विजगणैर्युताम्‌,उसकी डालियाँ बहुत बड़ी और बहुत दूरतक फैली हुई थीं। वह वृक्ष अत्यन्त कान्तिसे सम्पन्न था। उसमें अत्यन्त स्वादिष्ट दिव्य फल अधिक मात्रामें लगे हुए थे। उन फलोंसे मधुकी धारा बहती रहती थी। उस दिव्य वृक्षके नीचे महर्षियोंका समुदाय निवास करता था। वह वृक्ष सदा मदोन्मत्त एवं आनन्दविभोर पक्षियोंसे परिपूर्ण रहता था

Transliteration

madhusravaiḥ sadā divyāṃ maharṣigaṇasevitām | madapramuditair nityaṃ nānādvijagaṇair yutām ||

Translation

Ghaṭotkaca said: “From its delicious fruits streams of honey continually flowed. That wondrous tree was ever attended by companies of great seers, and it was constantly filled with flocks of many kinds of birds—intoxicated, as it were, with delight.”

Word by Word

• मधुस्रवैः: with honey-flowing (streams/drops)
• मधुस्रवैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुस्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महर्षिगणसेविताम्: served/attended by hosts of great sages
• महर्षिगणसेविताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (√सेव्) (कृदन्त) / महर्षिगण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मदप्रमुदितैः: by those exhilarated/intoxicated (with joy)
• मदप्रमुदितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदप्रमुदित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त: प्रमुदित from √मुद्) / मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नित्यम्: constantly
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• नानाद्विजगणैः: with various flocks of birds
• नानाद्विजगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानाद्विजगण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• युताम्: joined/filled/associated (with)
• युताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (√युज्) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

घटोत्कच उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• maharṣis (great sages)
• dvijas (birds)
• divine honey-flowing tree (object)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents an idealized sacred ecology: abundance (honey-flowing fruit) is naturally aligned with purity and restraint (the presence of great sages), and joy is depicted as non-violent, harmonious delight (birds rejoicing). It suggests that true prosperity is auspicious when it supports spiritual life rather than mere indulgence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ghaṭotkaca describes a marvelous, celestial-like tree whose fruits drip honey. Beneath it dwell assemblies of great sages, and the tree is alive with many kinds of birds, portrayed as exhilarated with happiness—emphasizing the sanctity and extraordinary nature of the place being described.