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Activities of Kapila
1437
gṛhodyānam kusumitai ramyam bahv-amara-drumaiḥ kūjad-vihaṅga-mithunam gāyan-matta-madhu-vratam
gṛha-udyānam—the household garden; kusumitaiḥ—with flowers and fruits; ramyam—beautiful; bahu-amara-drumaiḥ—with many celestial trees; kūjat—singing; vihaṅga—of birds; mithunam—with pairs; gāyat—humming; matta—intoxicated; madhu-vratam—with bees.
TRANSLATION
The compound of the main household was surrounded by beautiful gardens, with sweet, fragrant flowers and many trees which produced fresh fruit and were tall and beautiful. The attraction of such gardens was that singing birds would sit on the trees, and their chanting voices, as well as the humming sound of the bees, made the whole atmosphere as pleasing as possible.
TEXT 19
यत्र प्रविष्टमात्मानं विबुधानुचरा जगुः । वाप्यामुत्पलगन्धिन्यां कदमेनोपलातितम् ॥१९॥
yatra praviṣṭam ātmānam vibudhānucarā jaguḥ vāpyām utpala-gandhinyām kardamenopalālitam
yatra—where; praviṣṭam—entered; ātmānam—unto her; vibudha-anucarāḥ—the associates of the denizens of heaven; jaguḥ—sang; vāpyām—in the pond; utpala—of lotuses; gandhinyām—with the fragrance; kardamena—by Kardama; upalālitam—treated with great care.
TRANSLATION
When Devahūti would enter that lovely garden to take her bath in the pond filled with lotus flowers, the associates of the denizens of heaven, the Gandharvas, would sing about Kardama's glorious household life. Her great husband, Kardama, gave her all protection at all times.