Canto 9, Chapter 10

The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra

Verse 52 (SB 9.10.52)
SB 9.10.52 • मूल श्लोक

वनानि नद्यो गिरयो वर्षाणि द्वीपसिन्धव: । सर्वे कामदुघा आसन् प्रजानां भरतर्षभ ॥ ५२ ॥

Transliteration

vanāni nadyo girayo varṣāṇi dvīpa-sindhavaḥ sarve kāma-dughā āsan prajānāṁ bharatarṣabha

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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; prajānām — of all the living beings; bharata-ṛṣabha — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bharata dynasty.

Translation

“O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, 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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda