176
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 6]
TRANSLATION
There are many waterfalls, and in the mountains there are many beautiful caves in which the very beautiful wives of the mystics are found.
TEXT 12
मयूरकेकाभिरुतं मदान्धालिविमूर्च्छितम् । प्लावितै रक्तकण्ठानां कूजितैश्च एतत्त्रिणाम् ॥१२॥
mayūra-kekābhirutam madāndhāli-vimūrcchitam plāvitai rakta-kaṇṭhānām kūjitaiś ca patattriṇām
mayūra—peacocks; kekā—with the cries; abhirutam—resounding; mada—by intoxication; andha—blinded; ali—by the bees; vimūrcchitam—resounded; plāvitaiḥ—with the singing; rakta-kaṇṭhānām—of the cuckoos; kūjitaiḥ—with the whispering; ca—and; patattriṇām—of other birds.
TRANSLATION
On Kailāsa Hill there is always the rhythmical sound of the peacocks' sweet vibrations and the bees' humming. Cuckoos are always singing, and other birds whisper amongst themselves.
TEXT 13
आह्वयन्तमिवोद्धस्तैर्द्विजान् कामदुधैर्दुर्भैः । व्रजन्तमिव मातङ्गैर्गणन्तमिव निर्धरैः ॥१३॥
āhvayantam ivoddhastair dvijān kāma-dughair drumaiḥ vrajantam iva mātangair grṇantam iva nirjharaiḥ
āhvayantam—calling; iva—as if; uddhastaiḥ—with upraised hands (branches); dvijān—the birds; kāma-dughaiḥ—yielding desires; drumaiḥ—with trees; vrajantam—moving; iva—as if; mātangaiḥ—by elephants; grṇantam—resounding; iva—as if; nirjharaiḥ—by the waterfalls.
TRANSLATION
There are tall trees with straight branches that appear to call the sweet birds, and when flocks of elephants pass through the hills, it appears that the Kailāsa Hill moves with them. When the waterfalls resound, it appears that Kailāsa Hill does also.