Shloka 24
Adhyaya 56 — The Descent and Fourfold Course of the Ganga; Jambudvipa’s Varshas and Their Conditions
कामप्रदेभ्यो वृक्षेभ्यो वार्क्षो सिद्धिः स्वभावजा ।
स्वाभाविकी समाख्याता तृप्तिर्देश्या च दैशिकी ॥
kāmapradebhyo vṛkṣebhyo vārkṣo siddhiḥ svabhāvajā / svābhāvikī samākhyātā tṛptir deśyā ca daiśikī
कल्पवृक्षेभ्यो वृक्षजा सिद्धिः स्वयमेव प्रवर्तते। सा ‘स्वाभाविकी’ इति कथ्यते; देशविशेषसम्भूता तृप्तिः ‘दैशिकी’ इति संज्ञिता।
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FAQs
Where desires are met by external abundance (wish-trees), fulfillment is ‘natural’ and effortless; by contrast, in human contexts like Bhārata, satisfaction is often conditioned by place, resources, and effort—hinting at why ethical cultivation matters where scarcity exists.
Falls under cosmological description ('Sarga' / world-structure) and the Purāṇic mapping of realms and their properties.
Wish-fulfilling trees symbolize a mind-world where saṅkalpa (intention) readily precipitates experience; the text contrasts such realms with the slower, karma-mediated manifestation typical of embodied human life.