वृक्षाः प्रतिवनं सन्ति नित्यं सफलपल्लवाः । न त्वपूर्वचमत्कारो लवङ्गः सुलभः सदा ॥ ४१ ॥
vṛkṣāḥ prativanaṁ santi nityaṁ saphalapallavāḥ | na tvapūrvacamatkārō lavaṅgaḥ sulabhaḥ sadā || 41 ||
Translation
"In every forest there are always trees with fruit and leaves; but the clove tree, of wonder unknown before, is not always easy to find."
Word by word
- vṛkṣāḥ
- trees
- prativanaṁ
- in every forest
- santi
- there are
- nityaṁ
- always
- sa
- with
- phala
- fruit
- pallavāḥ
- and leaves
- na
- not
- tu
- but
- apūrva
- unknown before
- camatkārō
- (camatkāraḥ) of wonder
- lavaṅgaḥ
- the clove tree
- sulabhaḥ
- easy to find
- sadā
- always
Meaning
The same thought with another tree: the clove (lavaṅga), precious and rare, against the fruiting trees found in every wood. The repetition is meant. In Sanskrit praise, saying a thing three times with different images makes it certain. The reader may let the three trees, mango, sandal and clove, stand for three gifts of such a mind: sweetness, fragrance and rarity.