Shloka 15

नारदेन गरुडात्मजानां नामकीर्तनम् | Nārada’s Enumeration of Garuḍa’s Descendants

Devanagari script

जलदाभांस्तथा शैलांस्तोयप्रस्रवणानि च । कामपुष्पफलांश्वापि पादपान्‌ कामचारिण:

Transliteration

jaladābhāṁs tathā śailāṁs toyaprasravaṇāni ca | kāmapuṣpaphalāṁś cāpi pādapān kāmacāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Disse Nārada: “Estas montanhas parecem massas de nuvens de chuva, e delas as águas descem em cascatas. Olha também estas árvores: são realizadoras de desejos—dão flores e frutos conforme a vontade—e movem-se como lhes apraz.”

Word by Word

• जलदाभान्: cloud-like (ones)
• जलदाभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जलदाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and/also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शैलान्: mountains
• शैलान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तोयप्रस्रवणानि: water-cascades/streams (water-outflows)
• तोयप्रस्रवणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयप्रस्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कामपुष्पफलान्: having flowers and fruits as desired
• कामपुष्पफलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामपुष्पफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पादपान्: trees
• पादपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कामचारिणः: moving/acting at will; wish-fulfilling
• कामचारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• mountains (śailāḥ)
• rain-clouds (jaladāḥ)
• water-cascades/springs (toyaprasravaṇāni)
• wish-fulfilling trees (kāmapuṣpaphalāḥ pādapāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a realm of extraordinary abundance where nature fulfills wishes effortlessly, implicitly contrasting such marvels with human restlessness driven by desire and the ethical need to govern desire rather than be governed by it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a wondrous landscape: cloud-like mountains with cascading waters and trees that provide desired flowers and fruits and can move at will, emphasizing the marvel and richness of the place being depicted.