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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 10]
vanāni nadyo girayo varṣāṇi dvīpa-sindhavaḥ sarve kāma-dughā āsan prajānāṁ bharatarṣabha
vanāni—the forests; nadyaḥ—the rivers; girayaḥ—the hills and mountains; varṣāṇi—various parts of the states or divisions on the surface of the earth; dvīpa—islands; sindhavaḥ—the oceans and seas; sarve—all of them; kāma-dughāḥ—full of their respective opulences; āsan—existed like that; prajānāṁ—of all the living beings; bharatarṣabha—O Mahārāja Parikṣit, best of the Bharata dynasty.
TRANSLATION
O Mahārāja Parikṣit, best of the Bharata dynasty, during the reign of Lord Rāmacandra the forests, the rivers, the hills and mountains, the states, the seven islands and the seven seas were all favorable in supplying the necessities of life for all living beings.
TEXT 53
नाधिन्याधिजराग्लानिदुःखशोकभयक्त्रमाः । मृत्युश्चानिच्छतां नासीद् रामे राजन्यधोक्षजे ॥५३॥
nādhi-vyādhi-jarā-glāni- duḥkha-śoka-bhaya-klamāḥ mṛtyuś cānicchatāṁ nāsīd rāme rājany adhokṣaje
na—not; ādhi—adhyātmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika sufferings (that is, sufferings from the body and mind, from other living entities and from nature); vyādhi—diseases; jarā—old age; glāni—bereavement; duḥkha—grief; śoka—lamentation; bhaya—fear; klamāḥ—and fatigue; mṛtyuḥ—death; ca—also; anicchatāṁ—of those who did not like it; na āsīt—there was not; rāme—during the rule of Lord Rāmacandra; rājani—because of His being the king; adhokṣaje—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond this material world.