चन्दनद्रुमशैलेषु सन्तानकतलेषु च । कदम्बनीपगेहेषु पारिभद्रोदरेषु च ॥ ४ ॥
candanadrumaśailēṣu santānakatalēṣu ca | kadambanīpagēhēṣu pāribhadrōdarēṣu ca || 4 ||
Translation
on mountains of sandal trees, under santānaka trees, in houses of kadamba and nīpa, and in the hollows of pāribhadra trees,
Word by word
- candana
- of sandal
- druma
- trees
- śailēṣu
- on mountains
- santānaka
- santānaka trees
- talēṣu
- under
- ca
- and
- kadamba
- of kadamba
- nīpa
- and nīpa
- gēhēṣu
- in houses
- pāribhadra
- of pāribhadra trees
- udarēṣu
- in the hollows
Meaning
The commentary: on mountains with sandal trees; under the santānaka trees, one of the wish-fulfilling trees of heaven, which a note says King Padma had won by his own power or by Indra's favour; in bowers of kadamba; in the cool shade of the nīpa. Santānaka, kadamba and pāribhadra are trees of the poets' paradise, here growing in a king's park.