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those gardens, while their glories are sung by lesser demigods known as Gandharvas.
TEXT 16
मन्दरोत्सङ्ग एकादशशतयोजनोत्तुङ्गदेवचूतशिरसो गिरिशिखरस्थूलानि फलान्यमृतकल्पानि पतन्ति ॥१६॥
mandarotsaṅga ekādaśa-śata-yojanottuṅga-devacūta-śiraso giri- śikhara-sthūlāni phalāny amṛta-kalpāni patanti.
mandara-utsaṅge —on the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain;  ekādaśa-śata-yojana-uttuṅga —1,100 yojanas high;  devacūta-śirasaḥ — from the top of a mango tree named Devacūta;  giri-śikhara-sthūlāni — which are as fat as mountain peaks;  phalāni —fruit;  amṛta-kalpāni —as sweet as nectar;  patanti —fall down.
TRANSLATION
On the lower slopes of Mandara Mountain is a mango tree named Devacūta. It is 1,100 yojanas high. Mangoes as big as mountain peaks and as sweet as nectar fall from the top of this tree for the enjoyment of the denizens of heaven.
PURPORT
In the  Vāyu Purāṇa  there is also a reference to this tree by great learned sages:
aratnīnāṁ śatāny aṣṭāv eka-ṣaṣṭy-adhikāni ca phala-pramāṇam ākhyātam ṛṣibhis tattva-darśibhir
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तेषां विशीर्यमाणानामतिमधुरसुरभिसुगन्धि बहुलारुणरसोदेनारुणोदा नाम नदी मन्दरगिरिशिखरान्निपतन्ती पूर्वेणेलावृतमुपप्रावयति ॥१७॥