Shloka 12
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
आम्रानाम्रातकान् भव्यान् नारिकेलान् सतिन्दुकान् । आविल्वकांस्तथा जीरान् दाडिमान् बीजपूरकान् ॥
āmrān āmrātakān bhavyān nārikelān satindukān / āvilvakāṃs tathā jīrān dāḍimān bījapūrakān
அங்கே மாம்பழங்களும் ஆம்ராதகக் கனிகளும் சிறந்த விளைச்சலாக இருந்தன; தேங்காய்களும் திந்துகக் கனிகளும்; வில்வகமும் ஜீரமும்; மாதுளங்களும் பீஜபூரக (சிட்ரான்) கனிகளும் இருந்தன।
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FAQs
The verse functions as a descriptive catalogue of life-supporting abundance. In Purāṇic narrative, such enumerations underscore the ideal of a well-ordered world where nature provides diverse, wholesome resources—supporting dharma through sustenance, hospitality, and ritual offerings.
This is not a direct instance of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita in itself; it most closely aligns with ancillary descriptive material often embedded within vaṃśānucarita or regional/cosmic description sections that accompany genealogical and world-structure narration.
On a symbolic reading, the diversity of fruits can be taken as a metaphor for the many ‘rasas’ (flavors/experiences) of embodied life and the plurality of means by which the world (jagat) nourishes beings—hinting that dharma is sustained not by one resource alone but by balanced variety and orderly cultivation.