तालानां नारिकेलानां वृंदैर्वृंदारकं वनम्
A forest filled with clusters of palm and coconut trees.
गुर्वाकाम्रातकानां च जंबीराणां च नारद
And, O Narada, with groves of heavy mango trees and citron trees.
सुपक्वफलसंयुक्तैः समूहैश्च विराजितम्
Adorned with groups of trees bearing fully ripe fruits.
निंबानां शाल्मलीनां च तित्तिडीनां च शोभनैः
With beautiful neem, silk-cotton, and tamarind trees.
परितः कल्पवृक्षाणां वृन्दैर्वृन्दैर्विराजितम्
All around, splendid with clusters upon clusters of wish-fulfilling trees.
एतासां च समूहैश्च यूथिकाभिः समन्वितम्
And joined with groups of these trees and with jasmine creepers.
रत्नप्रदीपदीपैश्च धूपेन सुरभीकृतैः
Made fragrant by lamps of jewels and incense.
चंदनाक्तैः पुष्पतल्पैर्मालाजालसमन्वितैः
With flower beds anointed with sandalwood and adorned with garlands.
रत्नालंकारशोभाढयैर्गोपीवृंदैश्च वेष्टितम्
Surrounded by groups of gopīs, radiant with the beauty of jeweled ornaments.
द्वात्रिंशत्काननं तत्र रम्यं रम्यं मनोहरम्
There are thirty-two delightful and enchanting forests.
सुपक्वमधुरस्वादुफलैर्वृंदारकं मुने
O sage, the grove is filled with clusters of trees bearing sweet, fully ripe fruits.
पुष्पोद्यानसहस्रेण पुष्पितेन सुगंधिना
With a thousand blossoming, fragrant flower gardens.
पंचाशत्कोटिगोपीनां विलासैश्च विराजितम्
Resplendent with the playful activities of fifty million gopīs.
गोपानां च समूहैश्च द्वारपालैः समन्वितम्
And joined by groups of cowherds and gatekeepers.
आश्रमै रत्नखचितैर्नानाभोगसमन्वितैः
With hermitages inlaid with jewels, endowed with various enjoyments.
भक्तानां गोपवृन्दानामाश्रमैः शतकोटिभिः
With a hundred million hermitages of the devoted groups of gopas.
आश्रमैः पार्षदानां च ततोऽधिकविलक्षणैः
With hermitages of the attendants, which were even more distinguished and unique,
पार्षदप्रवराणां च श्रीकृष्णरूपधारिणाम्
And with the foremost of attendants who had assumed the forms of Śrī Kṛṣṇa,
राधिकाशुद्धभक्तानां गोपीनामाश्रमैर्वरैः
With the excellent hermitages of the gopīs, who were pure devotees of Rādhikā,
तासां च किकरीणां च भवनैः सुमनोहरैः
And with the most charming houses of those gopīs and their companions,
शतजन्मतपःपूता भक्ता ये भारते भुवि
Those devotees on earth in Bhārata, purified by austerities over a hundred births,
स्वप्ने ज्ञाने हरेर्ध्याने विविष्टमानसा मुने
Who, in dream, in knowledge, or in meditation on Hari, had minds absorbed, O sage,
तेषां श्रीकृष्णभक्तानां निवासैः सुमनोहरैः
For those devotees of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, there were dwellings most enchanting,
पुष्पशय्यापुष्पमालाश्वेतचामरशोभितैः
Adorned with flower-beds, garlands of flowers, and white chowries shining,
देवास्तमद्भुतं दृष्ट्वा कियद्दूरं ययुर्मुदा |
The gods, seeing that wondrous sight, joyfully went some distance away.
पंचयोजनविस्तीर्णमूर्ध्वं तद्द्विगुणं मुने
It was five yojanas wide and, O sage, twice as high upward.
रक्तपक्कफलाकीर्णं शोभितं रत्नवेदिभिः
Covered with ripe red fruits and adorned with jeweled platforms,
पीतवस्त्रपरीधानान्क्रीडासक्तमनोहरान्
Clad in yellow garments, charming and absorbed in play,
ददृशुस्तत्र देवेशाः पार्षदप्रवरान्हरेः
There the lords of the gods beheld the foremost attendants of Hari.
सिंदूराकारमणिभिः परितो रचितं मुने
Surrounded all around, O sage, with jewels of vermilion hue,