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Text 23

Sloka 23

Devanagari

Dévanágarí

दद‍ृशुस्तत्र ते रम्यामलकां नाम वै पुरीम् ।
वनं सौगन्धिकं चापि यत्र तन्नाम पङ्कजम् ॥ २३ ॥

Text

Verš

dadṛśus tatra te ramyām
alakāṁ nāma vai purīm
vanaṁ saugandhikaṁ cāpi
yatra tan-nāma paṅkajam
dadṛśus tatra te ramyām
alakāṁ nāma vai purīm
vanaṁ saugandhikaṁ cāpi
yatra tan-nāma paṅkajam

Synonyms

Synonyma

dadṛśuḥ — saw; tatra — there (in Kailāsa); te — they (the demigods); ramyām — very attractive; alakām — Alakā; nāma — known as; vai — indeed; purīm — abode; vanam — forest; saugandhikam — Saugandhika; ca — and; api — even; yatra — in which place; tat-nāma — known by that name; paṅkajam — species of lotus flowers.

dadṛśuḥ — spatřili; tatra — tam (na Kailāsu); te — oni (polobozi); ramyām — úchvatné; alakām — Alakā; nāma — zvané; vai — opravdu; purīm — sídlo; vanam — les; saugandhikam — Saugandhika; ca — a; api — dokonce; yatra — na tom místě; tat-nāma — známé pod tím jménem; paṅkajam — druhy lotosů.

Translation

Překlad

Thus the demigods saw the wonderfully beautiful region known as Alakā in the forest known as Saugandhika, which means “full of fragrance.” The forest is known as Saugandhika because of its abundance of lotus flowers.

Polobozi spatřili Alaku, překrásné místo v lese Saugandhika. Saugandhika znamená “plný vůně” a tento les se tak jmenuje proto, že v něm roste mnoho lotosů.

Purport

Význam

Sometimes Alakā is known as Alakā-purī, which is also the name of the abode of Kuvera. Kuvera’s abode, however, cannot be seen from Kailāsa. Therefore the region of Alakā referred to here is different from the Alakā-purī of Kuvera. According to Vīrarāghava Ācārya, alakā means “uncommonly beautiful.” In the region of Alakā that the demigods saw, there is a type of lotus flower known as Saugandhika that distributes an especially fragrant scent.

Alakā je někdy nazývána Alakā-purī, což je také sídlo Kuvery. Z Kailāsu však Kuverovo sídlo není vidět, a z toho můžeme usoudit, že se jedná o jinou oblast. Vīrarāghava Ācārya uvádí, že slovo alakā znamená “neobyčejně krásný”. V oblasti Alakā, kterou viděli polobozi, roste lahodně vonící druh lotosu zvaný Saugandhika.