🪷 ŚB 4.24.21

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

नीलरक्तोत्पलाम्भोजकह्लारेन्दीवराकरम् । हंससारसचक्राह्वकारण्डवनिकूजितम् ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

nīla-raktotpalāmbhoja- kahlārendīvarākaram haṁsa-sārasa-cakrāhva- kāraṇḍava-nikūjitam
Synonyms
nīla — blue; rakta — red; utpala — lotus; ambhaḥ-ja — born from the water; kahlāra — another kind of lotus; indīvara — another kind of lotus; ākaram — the mine; haṁsa — swans; sārasa — cranes; cakrāhva — cakrāhva birds; kāraṇḍava — kāraṇḍava birds; nikūjitam — vibrated by their sounds.

Translation

In that great lake there were different types of lotus flowers. Some of them were bluish, and some of them were red. Some of them grew at night, some in the day and some, like the indīvara lotus flower, in the evening. Combined together, the lotus flowers filled the lake so full that the lake appeared to be a great mine of such flowers. Consequently, on the shores there were swans and cranes, cakravākas, kāraṇḍavas and other beautiful water birds standing about.

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