Shloka 12

Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta

Sanskrit

आम्रानाम्रातकान् भव्यान् नारिकेलान् सतिन्दुकान् । आविल्वकांस्तथा जीरान् दाडिमान् बीजपूरकान् ॥

Transliteration

āmrān āmrātakān bhavyān nārikelān satindukān / āvilvakāṃs tathā jīrān dāḍimān bījapūrakān

Translation

وہاں آم اور آمراتک کے عمدہ پھل تھے؛ ناریل اور تِندُک کے پھل؛ وِلوَک اور جِیر؛ اور انار اور بیجپورک (سِٹرون) بھی تھے۔

Word by Word

• आम्रान्: mango trees
• आम्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• आम्रातकान्: hog-plum trees (āmrātaka)
• आम्रातकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आम्रातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• भव्यान्: splendid, fine
• भव्यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण—पूर्वोक्तानां वृक्षाणाम्

• नारिकेलान्: coconut trees
• नारिकेलान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारिकेल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• स-तिन्दुकान्: and tinduka trees (incl. ebony/persimmon)
• स-तिन्दुकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपपद) + तिन्दुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘स’ = सहितार्थक (along with/including)

• आ-विल्वकान्: bilva trees (āvilvaka)
• आ-विल्वकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + विल्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘आ’ उपपद—समुच्चय/आभिमुख्ये (here as prefixal form in lexeme)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक/प्रकारवाचक (and likewise)

• जीरान्: jujube/other ‘jīra’ trees
• जीरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• दाडिमान्: pomegranate trees
• दाडिमान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाडिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• बीजपूरकान्: citron trees (bījapūraka)
• बीजपूरकान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीजपूरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speakers

• Narrative voice (not within the Devi Mahatmyam battle-dialogue frame in this verse); specific speaker not determinable from the single verse alone

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Geography / natural description
• Prosperity and abundance
• Catalogue of flora (phala-varga)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

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.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

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.

What is the esoteric significance?

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.