Text 19] Activities of Kapila 1437

grhodyanam kusumitai
ramyam bahv-amara-drumaih
kitjad-vihanga-mithunam
gayan-matta-madhu-vratam

grha-udyanam—the household garden; kusumitaih—with flowers and
fruits; ramyam—beautiful; bahu-amara-drumaih—with many celestial trees;
kujat—singing; vihanga—of birds; mithunam—with pairs; gayat—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

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yatra pravistam atmanam
vibudhanucara jaguh

vapyam utpala-gandhinyam
kardamenopalalitam

yatra—where; pravistam—entered; atmanam—unto her; vibudha-anucarah
—the associates of the denizens of heaven; jaguh—sang; vapyam—in the
pond; utpala—of lotuses; gandhinyam—with the fragrance; kardamena—
by Kardama; upaldlitam—treated with great care.

TRANSLATION

When Devahuti 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.
