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Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 13

Bhū-maṇḍala as a Lotus: Jambūdvīpa, Ilāvṛta, and the Meru System

Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, and Brahmapurī

Devanagari script

ह्रदाश्चत्वार: पयोमध्विक्षुरसमृष्टजला यदुपस्पर्शिन उपदेवगणा योगैश्वर्याणि स्वाभाविकानि भरतर्षभ धारयन्ति ॥ १३ ॥ देवोद्यानानि च भवन्ति चत्वारि नन्दनं चैत्ररथं वैभ्राजकं सर्वतोभद्रमिति ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

hradāś catvāraḥ payo-madhv-ikṣurasa-mṛṣṭa-jalā yad-upasparśina upadeva-gaṇā yogaiśvaryāṇi svābhāvikāni bharatarṣabha dhārayanti; devodyānāni ca bhavanti catvāri nandanaṁ caitrarathaṁ vaibhrājakaṁ sarvatobhadram iti.

Translation

ໂອ ມະຫາຣາຊາ ປະຣີກຊິດ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນວົງສ໌ພາຣະຕະ! ລະຫວ່າງພູທັງສີ່ນັ້ນມີທະເລສາບໃຫຍ່ 4 ແຫ່ງ: ແຫ່ງທຳອິດມີລົດຊາດດັ່ງນົມ, ແຫ່ງທີສອງດັ່ງນ້ຳເຜິ້ງ, ແຫ່ງທີສາມດັ່ງນ້ຳອ້ອຍ, ແຫ່ງທີສີ່ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍນ້ຳບໍລິສຸດ. ພວກສິດທະ, ຈາຣະນະ ແລະ ກັນທັຣວະ ເປັນອຸປເທວະ ໄດ້ສຳຜັດແລະເສວຍສຸກ ຈຶ່ງມີອິດທິໂຍຄະໂດຍທຳມະຊາດ. ຍັງມີສວນສະຫວັນ 4 ຊື່ ນັນດະນະ, ໄຈຕຣະຣະຖະ, ໄວພຣາຈະກະ ແລະ ສະຣະວະໂຕພະດຣະ.

Synonyms

ह्रदाःlakes

चत्वारःfour

पयः-मधु-इक्षुरस-मृष्ट-जलाḥhaving waters refined with milk, honey, and sugarcane juice

यत्-उपस्पर्शिनःwhose touch (i.e., contact with them)

उपदेव-गणाःgroups of subordinate deities

योग-ऐश्वर्याणिyogic powers

स्वाभाविकानिnatural; innate

भरतर्षभO best of the Bharatas

धारयन्तिthey possess; they hold

देव-उद्यानानिdivine gardens

चand

भवन्तिare; exist

चत्वारिfour

नन्दनम्Nandana (garden)

चैत्ररथम्Caitraratha (garden)

वैभ्राजकम्Vaibhrājaka (garden)

सर्वतोभद्रम्Sarvatobhadra (garden)

इतिthus; namely

Characters & Entities

Parīkṣit Mahārāja

Upadevas

Bharata (dynasty reference)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about lakes of milk and honey in Canto 5?

In Canto 5, Chapter 16, Śukadeva describes four extraordinary lakes whose waters resemble milk, honey, sugarcane juice, and pure water; contact with them supports natural yogic opulences in celestial beings called Upadevas.

Why is Śukadeva Gosvāmī describing these cosmic lakes to King Parīkṣit?

Śukadeva is narrating the sacred geography and structure of Jambūdvīpa as part of the Fifth Canto’s cosmological teachings, giving Parīkṣit a devotional, scriptural map of the universe and its divine arrangements.

Practical application of this verse in modern life—what is the takeaway?

The verse highlights that true powers and refinement come from divine association and purity; for practitioners today, it points to seeking upliftment through sādhana and sacred contact (śravaṇa, kīrtana, tīrtha, and saintly company) rather than chasing siddhis.