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काक

kAka

 

the Crow

 

bhuShuNDa.QuakeEarth

 

Monarch of the Crow tribe

 

"The Crow"

 

* I lost the Link to this transtemporal photo of The Crow;

if U know how to do a google.images search from this copy,

please show me how

so I can accredit this marvelous

likeness

 

Ott.char. #kAka-bhuSuNDa: – the Crow bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth, y6014 &c&c. #kAka: (onomat. imitation of his caw) • a Crow *mbh. R. • (metaphorically, as an expression of contempt e.g. #na tvAM kAkam manye ["U're worse than a Crow, that's wot I think"] • an impudent or insolent fellow [an asshole] L •• #kAkI a female Crow • the Mother of Crows (hariv.222) and Owls (mbh.1.2620) • *kAkam – (in Eng. venery, "a Murder of Crows"), an assembly of Crows • a modus coeundi [Latin for a method of intercourse which MW's source does not define, but suggestive of orgy)] Lex. + #bhushuNDa is Monarch of the Crows on Mount.himAlaya • his name is of uncertain origin • MW finds a #bhushuNDi, a missile which I have named the "Quake.Earth" missile, suggesting that our kAka has known the life of a warrior

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7i8tot2lv0m6eu/bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth.docx?dl=0

 

 

bhushuNDa the Crow

 

On the Peak of Mount Meru

 

 

vasiShTha said—

 

अस्ति तावd aनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिd aयं किल ।

जगद्रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृगतृष्णा मराv_iव ॥१॥

asti tAvad_anantasya tasya kvacid_ayam kila |

jagat-rUpa: parispanda: mRga-tRSNA marau _iva ||1||

.

there is somehow in That boundless infinity

a vibrant world-form

:

like the projected desert.water seen by a thirsty beast

.

*jd. अस्ति तावद् – There is that-much – So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य तस्य – of/in that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल – somewhere indeed there is this जगद्-रूपः परिस्पन्दः – throbbing pari.spanda-very.vibrant world-form, मृग-तृष्णा मरौ_इव – like a desert mirage for a thirsty beast as.if seen by a thirsty deer in the desert.

~vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:-The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution of the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in the mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions of the self-same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).

~sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness there is a mirage-like world-appearance in one corner, as it were.

2 Ø

तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल-सम्भव: ।

स्थित: पिता-महत्वेन सृष्ट-भूत-भर-भ्रम: ॥२॥

tatra kAraNatAm yAto brahmA kamala-sambhava: |

sthita: pitA-mahatvena sRSTa-bhUta-bhara-bhrama: ||2||

.

there

then

came to causality

the god brahmA

the LotusBorn Ancestor established in this delusion

this creation bearing its bounty of beings

.

~vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all, for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).

~sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this world-appearance, dwells there. I am his mind-born son.

*jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः – there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल-संभवः – brahmA the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन – established in his Grandpahood सृष्ट-भूत-भर-भ्रमः – this creation-creature-bearing-delusion.

3 Ø

तस्य अहं मानस-: पुत्रो वसिष्ठ: श्रेष्ठ-चेष्टित: ।

ऋक्ष-चक्रे ध्रुव-धृते निवसामि युगं प्रति ॥३॥

tasya _aham mAnasa: putra:_ vasiSTha: zreSTha-ceSTita: |

RkSa-cakre dhruva-dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||03||

.

I

am his son, born of his mind

— vasiShTha —

dwelling in bounty,

born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star

:

I dwelt there for an entire Age

...

* RkSacakra Constellation of the Bear: RkSha-chakra – the Bear-wheel the Pleiades – the "Seven Sages", a constellation in which seven stars were seen in ancient days—only six can be seen today--called RkSha the Bear through confusion with the word RShi. y7132.006. The birthplace of vasiShTha.

*jd. तस्य अहं मानसः पुत्रः – I am the son of his mind वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ-चेष्टितः – vasiShTha, dwelling in bounty ऋक्ष-चक्रे – in the constellation of the Bear ध्रुव-धृते – borne by the pole star निवसामि युगं प्रति – I dwelt for a Yoga Age.

 

सोऽअहं कदाचिदास्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन्शतक्रतोः ।

so_aham kadA.cid_AsthAne svarge tiSThan_zata-krato: |

श्रुतवान्नारदादिभ्यः कथां सुचिरजीविताम् ॥४॥

zrutavAn_nArada-Adibhya: kathAm sucira-jIvitAm ||04||

...

now, I was dwelling, at some time, in indra's svarga.Heaven

:

there I heard

—from nArada.ManGift and othersuch —

the story of the long life of

shata-kratu

LORD INDRA OF THE HUNDRED SACRIFICES

 

*

!

.

*zatakratu – the name and rank of इन्द्र indra given to one who has offered a hundred अश्व-मेधs ashva.medha Horse-sacrifices • cf. Gk. hekatombaios, "hecatomb").

vlm. ... I heard the accounts of many long living persons ... • sv.... long-lived beings.

*jd. sa:_aham kadA.cid This "I" somewhen tiSThan AsthAne svarge having residence in svarga Heaven zrutavAn nArada-Adibhya: hearing from nArada ManGift &c kathAm sucira-jIvitAm zata-krato: a tale of the long life of an INDRA OF THE HUNDRED.OFFERINGS kratus ....

#kratu -m.- resolution, determination; purpose; desire, will (instr. #kratvA, willingly, readily; ekena kratunA, through the mere wil); power, ability; intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, good understanding); a sacrificial rite (as the Azva-medha sacrifice), offering, worship (also personified); Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of brahmA and one of the prajApatis); Kratu the Willing, one of the seven RSis. — y1033.025; y6066.020 .

#zatakratu: -. N. of इन्द्र *indra (a hundred अश्व-मेध Horse.Sacrifices elevating the sacrificer to the rank of इन्द्र indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος) MBh.Ka1v. &c (cf. क्षिति-शतक्र्°).

5 Ø

कथा-प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र अभ्युवाच ह ।

kathA-prasaGge kasmiMz.cid atha tatra abhyuvAca ha |

शातातप: नाम मुनिर्_मौनी मानी महामति: ॥५॥

zAtAtapa: nAma munir_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||5||

.

when the tale was told

somewhere somewhen

then

there spoke.up

THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS

of many-mannered mighty mind

&

these were his words:–

*zAtAtapa – perhaps the lawmaker of vRddha.zAtAtapa. I take him to be so in y6014.

~vlm.5. There was once on a time the sage Sálatapá among them; who was a person of great understanding, a man of honor and taciturn in his speech; and said by way of conversation:--

~sv.5 In the course of this discussion, the great sage Satatapa said:

 

shAtAtapa THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS—

 

मेरोर्_ईशान-कोण-स्थे पद्म.राग-मये दिवि ।

meror IzAna-koNa-sthe padma.rAga-maye divi |

अस्ति कल्प-तरु: श्रीमाञ् छृङ्गे चूत इति श्रुत: ॥6॥

asti kalpa-taru: zrImAJ chRGge cUta iti zruta: ||6||

.

on the northeast peak of Mount meru

that is lotus.lovely in the sky

there is said to be

a kalpa*Tree

looking the like of a mango tree

.

just at the top

...

~vlm.6. That there was in the north east summit of Mount Meru, a spot full of sparkling gems, where there was a kalpa tree of the chuta or mango kind, which yielded its fruits in all seasons of the year.

* kalpa Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that fulfil all desires.

meror IzAna-koNa-sthe – on the northeast peak of Mount Meru padma-rAgamaye divi – lotus-lovely in the sky asti kalpa-taru: zrImAn – there is a wonderful kalpa Tree zRGge cUta iti zruta: – at the top, a mango tree is known….

 

 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rloaxp40yppfqey/cUTa%20mango.docx?dl=0

 

cUTa.mango Tree

(wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango

 

तस्य कल्प-तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण-स्कन्ध-कोटरे ।

tasya kalpa-taror mUrdhni dakSiNa-skandha-koTare |

कलधौत-लटा-प्रोते विद्यते विहग-आलय: ॥७॥

kaladhauta-laTA-prote vidyate vihaga-Alaya: ||7||

.

just at the very top of the kalpa Tree

within the hollow of a branch

with a southern exposure

there

festooned with golden flowers

is a nest

.

* kalpa Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that fulfil all desires.

here it looks like a chUta mango tree.

8 Ø

तस्मिn niवसति श्रीमाn bhuशुण्डो नाम वायस: ।

वीतरागो बृहt.koशे ब्रह्मेव निजपङ्कजे ॥८॥

tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_ nAma vAyasa: |

vItarAga:_ bRhat.koze brahmA _iva nija-paGkaje ||08||

.

there

dwells the Glorious bhushuNDa.Earthshaker

(such is his name)

a Crow

free from passion,

resting on that great peak as brahmA is seated on his lotus"

.

~vlm.8. Among them there was a crow's nest, belonging to one old raven by name of Bhusunda, who lived quite happy with himself; as the god Brahmá dwells content in his lotus-bed.

 

स यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश्-चिरम् ।

sa yathA jagatAm koze jIvatIha surAzciram |

चिरम्-जीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥९॥

ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUto na bhaviSyati ||09||

.

not in the length & breadth of this wide world

and

not among the Gods in indra's heaven

has anyone ever lived so long a life as he

.

*jd. sa yathA – such a one – jagatAm koze – in the scope of the world jIvati iha – living here – svarge – in heaven surAz ciram – the sura Brightlings for.long ciraM-jIvI tathA – long-living thus na bhUta: – has not been na bhaviSyati – will not be

~vlm.9. There is no one in the womb of this world so long lived as he, nor even the gods in heaven, can boast a greater longivity than he among the feathered tribe; and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old as he in times to come. (Old as Adam and as old as Methuselah).

10 Ø

स दीर्घ-आयु: स नीराग: स श्रीमान्_स महामति: ।

स विश्रान्त-मति: शान्त: स कान्त: काल-कोविद: ॥10॥

sa dIrgha-Ayu: sa nIrAga: sa zrImAn_sa mahAmati: |

sa vizrAnta-mati: zAnta: sa kAnta: kAla-kovida: ||10||

.

not only is he long in years

:

he is dispassionate, and he is glorious to see

great.minded, but reposed in a mind at peace

a master of the time

.

~vlm.10. This crony crow was beauteous even in old age, and had become passionless and great-minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with the tranquility of his mind, and was as graceful as he was full of knowledge of all times.

*jd. sa dIrgha-Ayu: He was long in years, sa nIrAga: he was dispassionate, sa zrImAn he was glorious, sa mahA.mati: he was great.minded sa vizrAnta-mati: his mind was in repose, zAnta: sa kAnta: kAla-kovida: peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times.

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स यथा जीवति खगस्_तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।

तद् भवेज् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च .उदयम् एव च ॥११॥

sa yathA jIvati khaga:_ tathA _iha yadi jIvyate |

tat_ bhavet_ jIvitam puNyam dIrgham ca _udayam eva ca ||11||

.

anyone

who lives the way this Bird lives

leads a life that is meritorious, sacred

—

that is a life that will be worthy and long

.

* #kha.ga: – a sky.going bird; or #khe-cara, a sky-rover.

kAka-bhushuNDa may be a crow called bhushuNDa, or a member of the Crow clan

(with a crow totem). take your pick; or take both! I try to imply both senses.

remember we're in indra's Heaven.  das....@gmail.com

~vlm. ... this crow ...

*jd. sa yathA jIvati khaga: just as this bird lives tathA iha yadi jIvyate – thus here if it is lived tad bhavet jIvitam puNyam – that life becomes sacred dIrgham ca udayam eva ca – and long indeed arisen.

 

vasiShTha said—

 

इति तेन भुशुण्डो ’सौ भूय: पृष्टेन वर्णित: ।

iti tena bhuzuNDo ’sau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |

यथावद् एव देवानां सभायां सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥१२॥

yathAvad eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||12

||

such were the words of shAtAtapa

answering a question straightforwardly and honestly

in the Assembly of the Gods

.

~vlm.12. In this manner, he related the virtues of the bird in full, at the request of the gods in heaven; and did not utter any thing more or less, before the assembly of the deities who knew all things.

~sv.12-13 I heard these words. I was greatly inspired. Soon I set out to meet this Bhusunda.

*jd. iti tena – thus therewith — bhuzuNDo asau – this bhushuNDa — bhUyas – at once — pRSTena varNita: – being asked, declared — yathAvad eva – thus-far indeed — devAnAm sabhAyAm – in the assembly of the gods — satyam uktavAn – truly speaking.

 

कथा_अवसर-सम्शान्ताव्_अथ याते सुर-व्रजे ।

kathA-avasara-samzAntAv_atha yAte sura-vraje |

भुशुण्डम् विगहम् द्रष्टुम् अहम् यात: कुतूहलात् ॥१३॥

bhuzuNDam vigaham draSTum aham yAta: kutUhalAt ||13||

kathA-avasara-samzAntau x

atha yAte sura-vraje x

bhuzuNDam vigaham draSTum – bhushuNDa the Bird for to see ‑‑

aham yAta: kutUhalAt – I came wide-eyed.

#vraja — vrajam wandering, roaming — vraja: (end-comp.) a fold, stall, cow-pen, cattle-shed, enclosure or station of herdsmen; m. N. of the district around Agra and MathurA (the abode of Nanda, of Krshna's foster-father, and scene of Krishna's juvenile adventures; commonly called Braj; a herd, flock, swarm, troop, host, multitude (samgrAma: savrajaH, "a fight with many"; a cloud (=megha) Naigh. i, 10 —

~vlm.13. After the gods had been satisfied with the narration of the veteran crow, I felt a great curiosity in me, to see and know more of this superannuated bird: (for who is it that has not an eager desire to learn the art of longevity).

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भुशुण्ड: संस्थितो यत्र मेरो: शृङ्गं तद् उत्तमम् । संप्राप्तवान् क्षणेनाहं पद्म-राग-मयं बृहत् ॥१४॥

bhuzuNDa: samsthito yatra mero: zRGgam tad uttamam |

samprAptavAn kSaNenAham padma-rAga-mayam bRhat ||14||

bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth

has

his Seat

there on the highest horn of Mount.meru

which I soon reached

:

the mountain shone with precious stones

...

samprAptavAn kSaNena aham –

#padmarAga – "lotus.hued" – a ruby +

mayam bRhat

~vlm.14. With this desire, I hastened to the spot, where the crow was said to rest in his happy nest; and I reached in a short time, to the summit of Meru, which was shining with its precious stones.

~sv.14 Instantly I reached that peak of the mount Meru where Bhusunda lived.

~AB. kSaNena aham ... ||

15 Ø

रत्न-गैरिक-कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि-वर्चसा ।

मdhy Aसव.रसेna .iव रञ्जयत् कखुभां गणम् ॥१५॥

ratna-gairika-kAntena tejasA vahni-varcasA |

madhv.Asava-rasena _iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||15||

...

w jewels-red.gold=sparkling flames of crimson fire

 kAntena tejasA vahni-varcasA |

madhvAsavarasena _va raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||15||

ratna-gairika-kAntena

tejasA vahni-varcasA

madhvAsavaraseneva

raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam

~vlm.15. The peak of the mountain was flaming as fire, with the glare of its gems and red earth--gairika, and these painted the upper sky, with the bright hue of florid honey and sparkling wine.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

कल्पान्तज्वलन-उज्ज्वाला-पिण्ड-अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।

kalpAnta-jvalana-ujjvAlA-piNDa-adrim iva saMcitam |

इन्द्रनीलशिखाधूमम् आलोक-अरुणित-अम्बरम् ॥१६॥

indra-nIla-zikhA-dhUmam Aloka-aruNita-ambaram ||16||

kalpAnta-jvalana-ujjvAlA-piNDa-adrim

m kalpAnta-jvalana-ujjvAlA-piNDa-mountain

iva x

saMcitam x

indra-nIla-zikhA-dhUmam

m indra-nIla-zikhA-dhUma

Aloka-aruNita-ambaram

m light.reddened-sky.

~vlm.16. The mountain shone as brightly as it were burning with the blaze of the last conflagration, and the sky was reddened by their reflexion with shades of clouds; appearing as the smoke of fire or the blue lustre of saphire.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

#saJcita‑ #saMcita संचित p.p. Heaped up, accumulated; Enumerated, reckoned. . Full of, furnished or provided with. . Dense, thick (as a wood) . fitted or provided with, full of (comp.) MBh.; impeded, obstructed VarBrsh.; frequently practised or exhibited MBh.; — s.‑karman n. the rites to be performed after arranging the sacrificial fire ShrS. —¶jd – accumulated karma; cf. prarabdha. —

 

सर्वेषाम् एव रागाणाम् राशिम् अद्राव् इव स्थितम् ।

sarveSAm eva rAgANAm rAzim adrAv_iva sthitam |

सर्वसंध्याभ्रजालानाम् घनम् एकम् इव_आकरम् ॥१७॥

sarva.samdhyAbhra-jAlAnAm ghanam ekam iva_Akaram ||17||

sarveSAm eva rAgANAm all of our passions

rAzim adrau_iva sthitam like radiance on the mountain +

sarva.samdhyA-abhra-jAlAnAm x

ghanam ekam iva_Akaram x.

#Akara‑ आकर

~vlm.17. The mountain appeared to be formed by a collection of all kinds of colours on earth, which gave it the appearance of the variegated sky in west at the time of the setting sun.

 

उत्क्रान्तिम् कुर्वतो मेरोर् ब्रह्मनाड्येव निर्गतम् ।

utkrAntim kurvato meror_brahma-nADyeva nirgatam |

मूर्धानम् आगतम् कान्तम् वाडवम् जठर-अनलम् ॥१८॥

mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam vADavam jaThara-analam ||18||

utkrAntim kurvata: mero: x

brahma-nADyeva nirgatam x

mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam x

vADavam jaThara-analam x.

#utkrAnti

~vlm.18. The flame of fire proceeding from its crater, and emitted through the crevice on its top, seemed as the culinary fire of the Yogi, carried up from his bowels to the cranium in Yoga. (This is styled the <utkranti> Yoga or lifting the physical powers, and concentrating them all in the head--the seat of intellect).

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

सुमेरु-वन-देव्या इव नव-अलक्त-करञ्जितम् । लीलया आदातुम् इन्दुं खे नीतं हस्त-शिख-अङ्गुलिम् ॥१९॥

sumeru-vana-devyA iva nava-alakta-karaJjitam | lIlayA AdAtum indum khe nItam hasta-zikha-aGgulim ||19||

sumeru-vana-devyA_iva nava-alakta-karaJjitam |

lIlayA_AdAtum indum khe nItam hasta-zikha-aGgulim ||19||

sumeru.vana-devyA_iva – As.if w/ a goddess of Su.meru Forest

nava-alaktaka-raJjitam

lIlayA AdAtum indum khe –

nItam hasta-zikha-aGgulim

#alakta: अलक्त (said to be for arakta अरक्त) , red juice or lac (obtained from the red resin of certain trees and from the cochineal's red sap) L., .#nava-alakta-karaJjitam, y6014.019.

alaktaka, y6014.019

karaJja – the tree Pongamia Glabra

~vlm.19. The ruddy peaks and pinnacles of Sumeru, resembled his arms and fingers painted with lac-dye; in order to lay hold on his consort the fair moon by way of sport. (It means the mountain tops reaching to and touching the orb of the moon. (So Kalidasa makes his Himalaya transcend the sphere of the sun).

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

#alakta: अलक्त (said to be for arakta अरक्त) , red juice or lac (obtained from the red resin of certain trees and from the cochineal's red sap) L., .#nava-alakta-karaJjitam, y6014.019.

alaktaka, y6014.019

karaJja – the tree Pongamia Glabra

~vlm.19. The ruddy peaks and pinnacles of Sumeru, resembled his arms and fingers painted with lac-dye; in order to lay hold on his consort the fair moon by way of sport. (It means the mountain tops reaching to and touching the orb of the moon. (So Kalidasa makes his Himalaya transcend the sphere of the sun).

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

sumeruvanadevyeva navAlaktakaraJjitam |
lIlayA’’dAtumindum khe nItam hastazikhAGgulim || 19
~*VA peaks of meru resembled hand with fingers with newly-painted
nails playfully stretching to grasp the moon in the skies

AS:
vanadevI got lost in translation.:-)
The mountain peak was like a finger of the forest goddess on the mountain colored with alaktaka sap, stretched out into the sky to easily fetch the moon.

ज्वालाभिर्_इव मालाभिर्_अरुणाभि: पयो.मुखम् । खम् गन्तुम् इव स-स्पन्दम् शैल.स्थम् इव वादवम् ॥20॥

jvAlAbhir_iva mAlAbhir_aruNAbhi: payo.mukham |

kham gantum iva sa-spandam zaila.stham iva vAdavam ||20||

jvAlAbhi: iva mAlAbhi:_aruNAbhi:

payo.mukham

kham gantum iva –

sa.spandam zaila.stham iva vAdavam

~vlm.20. The lurid flame of wild fire on this mountain, seemed as the burning blaze of sacrificial fires, which are fed with clarified butter were rising to heaven. (Hence fire is styled the bearer of our offerings to the gods above-kavya-váhana, because there is nothing on the earth except the flames of fire--that has the power of rising upwards, whence they are termed Urdha--jwalana-havir -bhujas. (Sanskrit: urdha jvalana havirbhujam]).

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

The red color observed on the peak is being described by various metaphors.

jvAlAbhiriva mAlAbhiraraNAbhi: payomukham |
kham gantumiva saspandam zailasthamiva vADavam || 20
~*VA the mountain as if with blazing (sacrificial) fires rising to
the skies with offerings of water from waterfalls.

AS: Some details are missing.
It appeared like the vADava fire flickering with fires like garlands and with waters in its face (waterfalls on the mountain) intent on going up to the sky.
Here vADava is explained by AB as certain ritual fires and not the usual marine fires.

 

तारा: स्प्रष्टुम् इव_आकाशम् अङ्गुलीभिर्_इव त्रिभि: ।

tArA: spraSTum iva_AkAzam aGgulIbhir_iva tribhi: |

कचद्_अंशु-नख.अग्राभि: परिचुम्बद्_इव_उन्नतम् ॥21॥

kacad_aMzu-nakha.agrAbhi: paricumbad_iva_unnatam ||21||

tArA: the stars

spraSTum iva – as.if to

AkAzam the sky

aGgulIbhi: iva tribhi: as.if with 3 fingers

kacat shining

aMzu-nakha.agrAbhi:

paricumbad_iva_unnatam

~vlm.21. The mount with its elevated summit seemed to kiss the face of the sky, and to raise its fingers in the form of its peaks and pinnacles, with their blazing gems resembling the nails of the fingers, in order to count the scattered stars.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

22 Ø

गर्जज्जीमूतमुरजं भूभृतानां तु मण्डपम् ।

हसt-kuसुम-गुच्छ-आढ्यं ध्वनt-Saट्पद-पेटकम् ॥२२॥

garjaj-jImUta-murajam bhU-bhRtAnAm tu maNDapam |

hasat-kusuma-guccha-ADhyam dhvanat-SaTpada-peTakam ||22||

.

garjat-jImUta-murajam

m roaring-cloud-drum

bhUbhRtAnAm tu

but of EarthLords

maNDapam

the temple / province

hasat-kusuma-guccha-ADhyam

m laughing-flower-bunch-ripe

dhvanat-SaTpada-peTakam –

m 6.footed buzzing-bumblebee=bunch.

~vlm.22. The clouds were roaring on one side of it with the loud noise of the drums, and the young plants and creepers were dancing in the happy arbours on another, clusters of flowers were smiling as blooming beauties on this side, and the swarms of humming bees were hovering on them on that.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

#jImUta: a cloud *RV • the sun mbh.3.152 +

मुर् #mur -> #mura -> #muraja: a drum or tambourine +

पिट् #piT -> #peTa: -am a basket • a multitude, a bunch of • -> #peTaka: -am a little basket, casket, box •-• Comp. *bhUSaNapeTaka – jewel.case भूषण-पेटिका). • *viTapapeTaka -m/n.- a bunch of rogues. -> #peTakam >kR, with instr. "to join or consort with" +

 

दन्त-ताल-दल-अवल्या परिहासाद्_इव स्फुरत् ।

danta-tAla-dala-avalyA parihAsAd_iva sphurat |

दोलालोल-अप्सरो-वृन्दम् उदारमदमन्मथम् ॥२३॥

dolAlola-apsaro-vRndam udAra-mada-manmatham ||23||

danta-tAla-dala-avalyA x

parihAsAd_iva sphurat x

dolAlola-apsaro-vRndam

x

udAra-mada-manmatham x.

~vlm.23. Here the lofty palm trees seemed to be smiling with shewing their teeth in their denticulated leaves, on seeing the giddy groups of Apsaras, swinging and strolling about loosely in their amorous dalliances under their shade.

 

शिलाविश्रान्त-विबुध-मिथुनाश्रित-कन्दरम् ।

zilAvizrAnta-vibudha-mithunAzrita-kandaram |

वर-अम्बर-अजिनं शुभ्र-गङ्गा-यज्ञ-उपवीति च ॥२४॥

vara-ambara-ajinam zubhra-gaGgA-yajJa.upavIti ca ||24||

zilAvizrAnta-vibudha-mithuna-Azrita-kandaram x

vara-ambara-ajinam x

zubhra-gaGgA-yajJa.upavIti ca x.

~vlm.24. There the celestials were resorting in pairs to their grottos in the mountain, in order to relieve themselves to their trouble of trudging over the rugged paths of the craggy mountain; and they were clothed in the white vest of the open sky (nudity), and having the stream of ganges falling from high for their sacred thread. (Here Meru means any mountain and ganga is put for any stream descending from it).

 

तापसम् पिङ्गलम् इव वेणु-दण्ड-धरम् स्थितम् । गङ्गा-निर्झर-निर्ह्रादि लता-गृह-गत-अमरम् ॥२५॥

tApasam piGgalam iva veNu-daNDa-dharam sthitam | gaGgA-nirjhara-nirhrAdi latA-gRha-gata-amaram ||25||

tApasam piGgalam iva veNu-daNDa-dharam sthitam |

gaGgA-nirjhara-nirhrAdi latA-gRha-gata-amaram ||25||

tApasam piGgalam iva x

veNu-daNDa-dharam sthitam x

gaGgA-nirjhara-nirhrAdi x

latA-gRha-gata-amaram x.

#piGgala

#veNu m. a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute. — y1033.015 —

#nirhrAda: निर्ह्राद sound , noise , humming , murmuring , roaring &c (ifc. f(आ).) MBh.&c

~vlm.25. The hoary mountain stood as a grey headed hermit, holding the reeds (with which it abounded) as canes in his hand; and the celestial inhabitants of the mount, rested in the coverts of the creepers, being lulled by to sleep by gurgling sound of the waters falling from precipice to precipice.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

26 Ø

गन्धर्व-गीत-सुभगम् आमोद-मधुर.अनिलम् ।

फुल्ल-हेम.अम्बुज.उत्तंसम् तारा-रत्न-विभूषितम् ।

व्योम्न: पारम् इव प्राप्त पिङ्गलम् मैरवम् शिर: ॥२६॥

गन्धर्व-गीत-सुभगम् आमोद-मधुर.अनिलम् ।

gandharva-gIta-subhagam Amoda-madhura-anilam |

फुल्ल-हेम.अम्बुज.उत्तंसम् तारा-रत्न-विभूषितम् ।

phulla-hema-ambuja-uttaMsam tArA-ratna-vibhUSitam |

व्योम्न: पारम् इव प्राप्त पिङ्गलम् मैरवम् शिर: ॥२६॥

vyomna: pAram iva prApta piGgalam mairavam zira: ||26||

.

gandharva-gIta-subhagam

enjoying the singing of gandharva.Chroisters

Amoda-madhura-anilam in the sweet-scented breeze,

phulla-hema-ambuja-uttaMsam x

tArA-ratna-vibhUSitam x

vyomna: pAram iva prApta: x

piGgalam mairavam zira: a red Meruvic head.

jd#>tan #uttan #uttaMsa: – a crown, crest; laurel.

jd#>piJj cl.2 A1. पिङ्क्ते , to tinge , dye , paint Dha1tup. xxiv , 18.

jd#>piJj, to dye #piGgala . mf(/आ and ई)n. (cf. g. गौरा*दि and कडारा*दि) , reddish-brown , tawny , yellow , gold-coloured AV. &c.

~vlm.26. The mountain king was crowned by the full blown lotuses that grow on its top, and was regaled by the sweet fragrance; which the odoriferous breezes bore from them. It was decorated with the gems of the starry frame on its crown, and charmed with the sweet songs of the gandharvas playing their strains on it.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

gandharva-gIta-subhagam enjoying the singing of gandharvas

Amoda-madhura-anilam in the sweet-scented breeze,

phulla-hema-ambuja-uttaMsam x

tArA-ratna-vibhUSitam x

vyomna: pAram iva prApta: x

piGgalam mairavam zira: a red Meruvic head.

jd#>tan #uttan #uttaMsa: – a crown, crest; laurel.

jd#>piJj cl.2 A1. पिङ्क्ते , to tinge , dye , paint Dha1tup. xxiv , 18.

jd#>piJj, to dye #piGgala . mf(/आ and ई)n. (cf. g. गौरा*दि and कडारा*दि) , reddish-brown , tawny , yellow , gold-coloured AV. &c.

27 o/

सित-हरित-पीत-पाटल-धवलैर् वन-कुसुम-राशि-नव-रङ्गै: । दिवि विहितामल-चित्रं लीलाचलम् अमर-युवति-वर्गस्य ॥२७॥

sita-harita-pIta-pATala-dhavalair vana-kusuma-rAzi-nava-raGgai: |

divi vihitAmala-citram lIlAcalam amara-yuvati-vargasya ||27||

.

sita-harita-pIta-pATala-dhavalai:

x

vana-kusuma-rAzi-nava-raGgai: x

divi x

vihitAmala-citram x

lIlAcalam amara-yuvati-vargasya x.

~vlm.27. His hoary head pierced the silvery region of heaven, and was one with it in being the abode of the gods. The many coloured tops of Meru, emitting the various colours of the red, white, black, blue, yellow, and gray stones that are embodied in its body, lent the sky its variegated hues in the morning and evening, while the versicolor blossoms on its tops, invited the Heavenly nymphs to their rambles and sports over them.

~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

 

 

 

 

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KÂKA.the.Crow

 

Bhushunda.QuakeEarth

 

Monarch of the Crow tribe

 

 

 

 

BHUSHUNDA THE CROW

 

On the Peak of Mount Meru

 

VASISHTHA THE PLENTIFUL declared–

 

अस्ति तावद् अनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिद् अयम् किल ।

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila |

जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृग.तृष्णा मराव्_इव ॥६।१४।१॥

jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva ||6|14|1||

.

there is somehow in That boundless infinity

a vibrant world.form

:

like the projected desert.water seen by a thirsty beast

.

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila | jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva

.

*vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:.The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution of the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in the mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions of the self.same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).

*sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness there is a mirage.like world.appearance in one corner, as it were.

*jd. अस्ति तावद् There is that.much So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य तस्य of/in that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल somewhere indeed there is this जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दः throbbing pari.spanda.very.vibrant world.form, मृग.तृष्णा मरौ_इव like a desert mirage for a thirsty beast as.if seen by a thirsty deer in the desert.

 

तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल.सम्भवः ।

tatra kAraNatAm yAta:_brahmA kamala.sambhava: |

स्थितः पितामहत्वेन सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः ॥६।१४।२॥

sthita: pitAmahatvena sRSTa.bhUta.bhara.bhrama: ||6|14|2||

.

there

then

came to causality

the god brahmA

the LotusBorn Ancestor established in this delusion

this creation bearing its bounty of beings

.

tatra.there.aboutThat kAraNatA*m yatas.from.which/whence

Brahmâ.the.Immense kamala*sambhavat.becoming: |

sthita.situate/set: pitAmaha.tva.-ity.ina

sRSTa.bhUta.being/having.become.bhara.bearing.bhrama.confusion/error:

.

*vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all, for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).

*sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this world.appearance, dwells there. I am his mind.born son.

*jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल.संभवः brahmA the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन established in his Grandpahood सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः this creation.creature.bearing.delusion.

 

तस्य_अहम् मानसः पुत्रो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः ।

tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |

ऋक्ष.चक्रे ध्रुव.धृते निवसामि युगम् प्रति ॥६।१४।३॥

RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||6|14|3||

.

I

am his son, born of his mind

. vasiShTha .

dwelling in bounty,

born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star

:

I dwelt there for an entire Age

...

tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |

RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati

.

* RkSacakra Constellation of the Bear: RkSha.chakra the Bear.wheel the Pleiades the "Seven Sages", a constellation in which seven stars were seen in ancient days.only six can be seen today..called RkSha the Bear through confusion with the word RShi. y7132.006. The birthplace of vasiShTha.

*jd. तस्य अहं मानसः पुत्रः I am the son of his mind वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः vasiShTha, dwelling in bounty ऋक्ष.चक्रे in the constellation of the Bear ध्रुव.धृते borne by the pole star निवसामि युगं प्रति I dwelt for a Yoga Age.

 

सो ऽहम् कदाचिद् आस्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन् शत.क्रतोः ।

sa:_aham kadAcit_AsthAne svarge tiSThan zata.krato: |

श्रुतवान् नारद.आदिभ्यः कथाम् सुचिर.जीविताम् ॥६।१४।४॥

zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: kathAm sucira.jIvitAm ||6|14|4||

.

...

now, I was dwelling, at some time, in indra's svarga.Heaven

:

there I heard

.from nArada.ManGift and othersuch .

the story of the long life of

shata.kratu

LORD INDRA OF THE HUNDRED SACRIFICES

.

*zatakratu the name and rank of इन्द्र indra given to one who has offered a hundred अश्व.मेधs ashva.medha Horse.sacrifices • cf. Gk. hekatombaios, "hecatomb").

VLM. ... I heard the accounts of many long living persons ... • sv.... long.lived beings.

*jd. sa:_aham kadA.cid This "I" somewhen tiSThan AsthAne svarge having residence in svarga Heaven zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: hearing from nArada ManGift &c kathAm sucira.jIvitAm zata.krato: a tale of the long life of an INDRA OF THE HUNDRED.OFFERINGS kratus ....

#kratu .m.. resolution, determination; purpose; desire, will (instr. #kratvA, willingly, readily; ekena kratunA, through the mere wil); power, ability; intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, good understanding); a sacrificial rite (as the Azva.medha sacrifice), offering, worship (also personified); Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of brahmA and one of the prajApatis); Kratu the Willing, one of the seven RSis. . y1033.025; y6066.020 .

#zatakratu: .. N. of इन्द्र *indra (a hundred अश्व.मेध Horse.Sacrifices elevating the sacrificer to the rank of इन्द्र indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος) MBh.Ka1v. &c (cf. क्षिति.शतक्र्°).

 

कथा.प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र_अभ्युवाच ह ।

kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |

शातात पोx नाम मुनिर् मौनी मानी महामतिः ॥६।१४।५॥

zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||6|14|5||

.

when the tale was told

somewhere somewhen

then

there spoke.up

THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS

of many.mannered mighty mind

&

these were his words:–

.

kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_

atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |

zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_

maunI mAnI mahAmati:

.

*zAtAtapa perhaps the lawmaker of vRddha.zAtAtapa. I take him to be so in y6014.

*vlm.5. There was once on a time the sage Sálatapá among them; who was a person of great understanding, a man of honor and taciturn in his speech; and said by way of conversation:..

*sv.5 In the course of this discussion, the great sage Satatapa said:

 

SHÂTÂTAPA the Muni of a hundred heats–

 

मेरोर् ईशान.कोण.स्थे पद्म.राग.मये दिवि ।

mero:_IzAna.koNa.sthe padma.rAga.maye divi |

अस्ति कल्प.तरुः श्रीमान् शृङ्गे चूत* इति श्रुतः ॥६।१४।६॥

asti kalpa.taru: zrImAn zRGge cUta* iti zruta: ||6|14|6||

.

on the northeast peak of Mount meru

that is lotus.lovely in the sky

there is said to be

a kalpa*Tree

looking the like of a mango tree

.

just at the top

...

meror.of Mount.Meru.IzAna.northeast/Rudra.Shiva.koNa.corner/quarter.stha.place/situate.e

padma.lotus/Padma.rAgamaya.pleasuremaking.e divi.in sky/heaven.

asti.is/exists.kalpataru.Doomsday.tree.: zrImAn

zRGga.e cUta. iti. zruta.:

.

meror. IzAna.koNa.sthe

– on the northeast peak of Mount Meru

padma.rAgamaya.e divi.

– lotus.lovely in the sky

asti. kalpataru.: zrImAn

– there is a wonderful Kalpa.Tree

zRGga.e cUta. iti. zruta.:

– at the top, a mango tree is known….

*vlm.6. That there was in the north east summit of Mount Meru, a spot full of sparkling gems, where there was a Kalpa.Tree of the chuta or mango kind, which yielded its fruits in all seasons of the year.

* Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that fulfil all desires.

#cUTa.mango.Tree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango

 

तस्य कल्प.तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण.स्कन्ध.कोटरे ।

tasya kalpa.taro:_mUrdhni dakSiNa.skandha.koTare |

कल.धौत.लटा.प्रोते विद्यते विहग.आलयः ॥६।१४।७॥

kala.dhauta.laTA.prote vidyate vihaga.Alaya: ||6|14|7||

.

just at the very top of the Kalpa.Tree

within the hollow of a branch

with a southern exposure

there

festooned with golden flowers

is a nest

.

of/for tasya. kalpa.taru.o:_mUrdhni.

dakSiNa.skandha.koTara.e

kala.dhauta.laTA.prota.e

vidyate. vihaga.Alaya.:

.

* Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that fulfil all desires.

here it looks like a chUta mango tree.

 

तस्मिन् निवसति श्रीमान् भुशुण्डो नाम वायसः ।

tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_nAma vAyasa: |

वीतरागो बृहत्.कोशे ब्रह्मा_इव निज.पङ्कजे ॥६।१४।८॥

vItarAga:_bRhat.koze brahmA_iva nija.paGkaje ||6|14|8||

.

there

dwells the Glorious bhushuNDa.Earthshaker

(such is his name)

a Crow

free from passion,

resting on that great peak as brahmA is seated on his lotus"

.

tasmin. nivasat.i zrImAn. bhuzuNDa.: nAma. vAyasa.:

vItarAga.:_bRhat.koza.e brahmA. iva. nija.paGkaja.e

.

*vlm.p.8 Among them there was a nest belonging to an old crow named *bhuzunda who lived quite happy with himself, just as the god brahma dwells content in his lotus bed.

*vlm.8. Among them there was a crow's nest, belonging to one old raven by name of Bhusunda, who lived quite happy with himself; as the god Brahmá dwells content in his lotus.bed.

 

स* यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश् चिरम् ।

sa* yathA jagatAm koze jIvati_iha surA:_ciram |

चिरंजीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥६।१४।९॥

ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUta:_na bhaviSyati ||6|14|9||

.

not in the length & breadth of this wide world

and

not among the Gods in indra's heaven

has anyone ever lived so long a life as he

.

sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati iha living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will not be

*vlm.p.9 There is no one in the womb of this world who is as long lived as *bhuzunda. Not even the gods in heaven can boast of a greater longevity than he among the feathered group, and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old as he in times to come.

*vlm.9. There is no one in the womb of this world so long lived as he, nor even the gods in heaven, can boast a greater longivity than he among the feathered tribe; and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old as he in times to come. (Old as Adam and as old as Methuselah).

*jd. sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati iha living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will not be

 

स* दीर्घ.आयुः स* नीरागः स* श्रीमान् स* महामतिः ।

sa* dIrgha.Ayu: sa* nIrAga: sa* zrImAn_sa* mahAmati: |

स* विश्रान्त.मतिः शान्तः स* कान्तः काल.कोविदः ॥६।१४।१०॥

sa* vizrAnta.mati: zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida: ||6|14|10||

.

not only is he long in years

:

he is dispassionate, and he is glorious to see

great.minded, but reposed in a mind at peace

a master of the time

.

sa* dIrgha.Ayu:

He was long in years,

sa* nIrAga:

he was dispassionate,

sa* zrImAn

he was glorious,

sa* mahA.mati:

he was great.minded

sa* vizrAnta.mati:

his mind was in repose,

zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida:

peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times

.

*vlm.p.10 This old crow was beautiful even in old age. He had become passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with the tranquility of his mind and was graceful as he was full of knowledge of all times.

*vlm.10. This crony crow was beauteous even in old age, and had become passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with the tranquility of his mind, and was as graceful as he was full of knowledge of all times.

*jd. sa* dIrgha.Ayu: He was long in years, sa* nIrAga: he was dispassionate, sa* zrImAn he was glorious, sa* mahA.mati: he was great.minded sa* vizrAnta.mati: his mind was in repose, zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida: peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times.

 

स* यथा जीवति खगस् तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।

sa* yathA jIvati khaga:_tathA_iha yadi jIvyate |

तद् भवेद् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च_उदयम् एव च ॥६।१४।११॥

tat_bhavet_jIvita.m puNyam dIrgham ca.udayam eva ca ||6|14|11||

.

anyone

who lives the way this Bird lives

leads a life that is meritorious, sacred

.

that is a life that will be worthy and long

.

that.he. yathA.so/in.this.way. jIvat.living.i . khaga.bird/skygoer.:

thus/in.that.way. iha.here.in.this.world. yadi.if jIvyat.remaining.alive.e.

he becomes

jIvita.life/lived.m puNya.pious/sacred.m

dIrghayA.at.length.m ca.and.too

udaya.rising.m eva.very/only . also

.

* #kha.ga: a sky.going bird; or #khe.cara, a sky.rover.

kAka.bhushuNDa may be a crow called bhushuNDa, or a member of the Crow clan

(with a crow totem). take your pick; or take both! I try to imply both senses.

remember we're in indra's Heaven. das....@gmail.com

*vlm.p.11 If anyone may have the long life of this crow, his life becomes meritorious and his old age is crowned with wisdom.

*jd. sa* yathA jIvati khaga: just as this bird lives tathA iha yadi jIvyate thus here if it is lived tad bhavet jIvita.m puNyam that life becomes sacred dIrgham ca udayam eva ca and long indeed arisen.

* sa:.that.he. yathA.so/in.this.way. jIvat.living.i . khaga.bird/skygoer.: tathA.thus/in.that.way. iha.here.in.this.world. yadi.if . jIvyat.remaining.alive.e. tat.that.one. bhavet.becomes . jIvita.life/lived.m puNya.pious/sacred.m . dIrghayA.at.length.m ca.and.too . udaya.rising.m eva.very/only . ca.and.too

 

VASISHTHA said—

 

इति तेन भुशुण्डो असौ भूयः पृष्टेन वर्णितः ।

iti tena bhuzuNDa:_asau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |

यथावद् एव देवानाम् सभायाम् सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥६।१४।१२॥

yathAvat_eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||6|14|12||

.

such were the words of shAtAtapa

answering a question straightforwardly and honestly

in the Assembly of the Gods

.

iti tena bhuzuNDa:_asau

bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |

yathAvat_eva devAnAm

sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn

.

iti tena thus therewith . bhuzuNDo asau this bhushuNDa . bhUyas at once . pRSTena varNita: being asked, declared . yathAvad eva thus.far indeed . devAnAm sabhAyAm in the assembly of the gods . satyam uktavAn truly speaking.

*vlm.12. In this manner, he related the virtues of the bird in full, at the request of the gods in heaven; and did not utter any thing more or less, before the assembly of the deities who knew all things.

*sv.12.13 I heard these words. I was greatly inspired. Soon I set out to meet this Bhusunda.

*jd. iti tena thus therewith . bhuzuNDo asau this bhushuNDa . bhUyas at once . pRSTena varNita: being asked, declared . yathAvad eva thus.far indeed . devAnAm sabhAyAm in the assembly of the gods . satyam uktavAn truly speaking.

 

कथा.अवसर.सम्शा न्ताव् अथ याते सुर.व्रजे ।

kathA.avasara.samzAntau_atha yAte sura.vraje |

भुशुण्डम् विगहम् द्रष्टुम् अहम् यातः कुतूहलात् ॥६।१४।१३॥

bhuzuNDam vigaham draSTum aham yAta: kutUhalAt ||6|14|13||

.

kathA.avasara.samzAnti.au

atha yAta.e sura.vraja.e

bhuzuNDa.m vigaha.m draSTum.

aham. yAta.: kutUhala.At

.

#vraja . vrajam wandering, roaming . vraja: (end.comp.) a fold, stall, cow.pen, cattle.shed, enclosure or station of herdsmen; m. N. of the district around Agra and MathurA (the abode of Nanda, of Krshna's foster.father, and scene of Krishna's juvenile adventures; commonly called Braj; a herd, flock, swarm, troop, host, multitude (samgrAma: savraja:, "a fight with many"; a cloud (=megha) Naigh. i, 10 .

*vlm.13. After the gods had been satisfied with the narration of the veteran crow, I felt a great curiosity in me, to see and know more of this superannuated bird: (for who is it that has not an eager desire to learn the art of longevity).

 

भुशुण्डः सम्स्थितो यत्र मेरोः शृङ्गम् तद् उत्तमम् ।

bhuzuNDa: samsthita:_yatra mero: zRGgam tat_uttamam |

सम्प्राप्तवान् क्षणेन_अहम् पद्म.राग.मयम् बृहत् ॥६।१४।१४॥

samprAptavAn kSaNena_aham padma.rAga.mayam bRhat ||6|14|14||

.

Bhushunda.QuakeEarth

has

his Seat

there on the highest horn of Mount.meru

which I soon reached

:

the mountain shone with precious stones

...

bhuzuNDa.: samsthita.: yatra.

meru.o: zRGga.m tat. uttama.m

samprApta.vAn kSaNa.ena aham.

padma.rAga.maya.m bRhat.

.

samprAptavAn kSaNena aham

#padmarAga "lotus.hued" a ruby

mayam bRhat

*vlm.14. With this desire, I hastened to the spot, where the crow was said to rest in his happy nest; and I reached in a short time, to the summit of Meru, which was shining with its precious stones.

*sv.14 Instantly I reached that peak of the mount Meru where Bhusunda lived.

*AB. kSaNena aham ... ||

 

रत्न.गैरिक.कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि.वर्चसा ।

ratna.gairika.kAntena tejasA vahni.varcasA |

मध्व्.आसव.रसेन_इव रञ्जयत् कखुभाम् गणम् ॥६।१४।१५॥

madhu.Asava.rasena_iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||6|14|15||

.

...

ratna.gairika.kAnta.ena

tejas.A vahni.varcas.A

madhu.Asava.rasa.ena iva

raJjayat. kakhubh.Am gaNa.m

.

*vlm.15. The peak of the mountain was flaming as fire, with the glare of its gems and red earth..gairika, and these painted the upper sky, with the bright hue of florid honey and sparkling wine.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

कल्पान्त.ज्वलन.उज्ज्वाला.पिण्ड.अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।

kalpAnta.jvalana.ujjvAlA.piNDa.adrim iva saMcita.m |

इन्द्र.नील.शिखा.धूमम् आलोक.अरुणित.अम्बरम् ॥६।१४।१६॥

indra.nIla.zikhA.dhUmam Aloka.aruNita.ambaram ||6|14|16||

.

kalpAnta.jvalana.ujjvAlA.piNDa.adri.m iva. saMcita.m

indra.nIla.zikhA.dhUma.m

Aloka.aruNita.ambara.m

.

*vlm.16. The mountain shone as brightly as it were burning with the blaze of the last conflagration, and the sky was reddened by their reflexion with shades of clouds; appearing as the smoke of fire or the blue lustre of saphire.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

#saJcita. #saMcita संचित p.p. Heaped up, accumulated; Enumerated, reckoned. . Full of, furnished or provided with. . Dense, thick (as a wood) . fitted or provided with, full of (comp.) MBh.; impeded, obstructed VarBrsh.; frequently practised or exhibited MBh.; . s..karman n. the rites to be performed after arranging the sacrificial fire ShrS. .¶jd accumulated karma; cf. prarabdha. .

 

सर्वेषाम् एव रागाणाम् राशिम् अद्राव् इव स्थितम् ।

sarveSAm eva rAgANAm rAzim adrau_iva sthita.m |

सर्व.संध्या.अभ्र.जालानाम् घनम् एकम् इव_आकरम् ॥६।१४।१७॥

sarva.saMdhyA.abhra.jAlAnAm ghanam ekam iva_Akaram ||6|14|17||

.

sarveSAm eva rAgANAm all of our passions

rAzim adrau_iva sthita.m like radiance on the mountain

sarva.saMdhyA.abhra.jAlAnAm

ghanam ekam iva_Akaram .

.

*vlm.17. The mountain appeared to be formed by a collection of all kinds of colours on earth, which gave it the appearance of the variegated sky in west at the time of the setting sun.

 

उत्क्रान्तिम् कुर्वतो मेरोर् ब्रह्म.नाद्य्_एव निर्गतम् ।

utkrAntim kurvata:_mero:_brahma.nADI_eva nirgatam |

मूर्धानम् आगतम् कान्तम् वाडवम् जठर.अनलम् ॥६।१४।१८॥

mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam vADavam jaThara.analam ||6|14|18||

.

utkrAntim kurvata: mero:

brahma.nADyeva nirgatam

mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam

vADavam jaThara.analam .

.

*vlm.18. The flame of fire proceeding from its crater, and emitted through the crevice on its top, seemed as the culinary fire of the Yogi, carried up from his bowels to the cranium in Yoga. (This is styled the <utkranti> Yoga or lifting the physical powers, and concentrating them all in the head..the seat of intellect).

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

सुमेरु.वन.देव्या_इव नव.अलक्त.करञ्जितम् ।

sumeru.vana.devyA_iva nava.alakta.karaJjita.m |

लीलया_आदातुम् इन्दुम् खे नीतम् हस्त.शिख.अङ्गुलिम् ॥६।१४।१९॥

lIlayA_AdAtum indum khe nItam hasta.zikha.aGgulim ||6|14|19||

.

sumeru.vana.devi.yA iva.

nava.alaktaka.raJjita.m

lIla.yA AdAtum. indu.m kha.e

nIta.m hasta.zikha.aGguli.m

.

#alakta: अलक्त (said to be for arakta अरक्त), red juice or lac (obtained from the red resin of certain trees and from the cochineal's red sap) L., .#nava.alakta.karaJjitam, y6014.019.

alaktaka, y6014.019

karaJja the tree Pongamia Glabra

*vlm.19. The ruddy peaks and pinnacles of Sumeru, resembled his arms and fingers painted with lac.dye; in order to lay hold on his consort the fair moon by way of sport. (It means the mountain tops reaching to and touching the orb of the moon. (So Kalidasa* makes his Himalaya transcend the sphere of the sun).

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

#alakta: अलक्त (said to be for arakta अरक्त), red juice or lac (obtained from the red resin of certain trees and from the cochineal's red sap) L., .#nava.alakta.karaJjitam, y6014.019.

alaktaka, y6014.019

karaJja the tree Pongamia Glabra

*vlm.19. The ruddy peaks and pinnacles of Sumeru, resembled his arms and fingers painted with lac.dye; in order to lay hold on his consort the fair moon by way of sport. (It means the mountain tops reaching to and touching the orb of the moon. (So Kalidasa* makes his Himalaya transcend the sphere of the sun).

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

sumeruvanadevyeva navAlaktakaraJjita.m |
lIlayA’’dAtumindum khe nItam hastazikhAGgulim ||6|14| 19
.*VA peaks of meru resembled hand with fingers with newly.painted

nails playfully stretching to grasp the moon in the skies

AS:
vanadevI got lost in translation.:.)

The mountain peak was like a finger of the forest goddess on the mountain colored with alaktaka sap, stretched out into the sky to easily fetch the moon.
 

ज्वालाभिर् इव मालाभिर् अरुणाभिः पयो.मुखम् ।

jvAlAbhi:_iva mAlAbhi:_aruNAbhi: payo.mukham |

खम् गन्तुम् इव स.स्पन्दम् शैल.स्थम् इव वादवम् ॥६।१४।२०॥

kham gantum iva sa.spandam zaila.stha.m iva vAdavam ||6|14|20||

.

jvAla.Abhi: iva. mAla.Abhi: aruNa.Abhi:

paya:.mukha.m

kha.m gantum. iva.

sa.spanda.m zaila.stha.m iva. vAdava.m

.

*vlm.20. The lurid flame of wild fire on this mountain, seemed as the burning blaze of sacrificial fires, which are fed with clarified butter were rising to heaven. (Hence fire is styled the bearer of our offerings to the gods above.kavya.váhana, because there is nothing on the earth except the flames of fire..that has the power of rising upwards, whence they are termed Urdha..jwalana.havir .bhujas. (Sanskrit: urdha jvalana havirbhujam]).

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

The red color observed on the peak is being described by various metaphors.

jvAlAbhiriva mAlAbhiraraNAbhi: payomukham |
kham gantumiva saspandam zailasthamiva vADavam ||6|14| 20
.*VA the mountain as if with blazing (sacrificial) fires rising to

the skies with offerings of water from waterfalls.

AS: Some details are missing.
It appeared like the vADava fire flickering with fires like garlands and with waters in its face (waterfalls on the mountain) intent on going up to the sky.
Here vADava is explained by AB as certain ritual fires and not the usual marine fires.

 

ताराः स्प्रष्टुम् इव_आकाशम् अङ्गुलीभिर् इव त्रिभिः ।

tArA: spraSTum iva_AkAzam aGgulIbhi:_iva tribhi: |

कचद् अंशु.नख.अग्राभिः परिचुम्बद् इव_उन्नतम् ॥६।१४।२१॥

kacat_aMzu.nakha.agrAbhi: paricumbat_iva.unnatam ||6|14|21||

.

tArA: the stars

spraSTum iva as.if to

AkAzam the sky

aGgulIbhi: iva tribhi: as.if with 3 fingers

kacat shining

aMzu.nakha.agrAbhi:

paricumbat_iva.unnatam

*vlm.21. The mount with its elevated summit seemed to kiss the face of the sky, and to raise its fingers in the form of its peaks and pinnacles, with their blazing gems resembling the nails of the fingers, in order to count the scattered stars.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

गर्जज्.जीमूत.मुरजम् भू.भृतानाम् तु मण्डपम् ।

garjat.jImUta.murajam bhU.bhRtAnAm tu maNDapam |

हसत्.कुसुम.गुच्छ.आढ्यम् ध्वनत्.षट्पद.पेटकम् ॥६।१४।२२॥

hasat.kusuma.guccha.ADhyam dhvanat.SaTpada.peTaka.m ||6|14|22||

.

garjat.jImUta.muraja.m

bhUbhRt.AnAm tu.

maNDapa.m

hasat.kusuma.guccha.ADhya.m

dhvanat.SaTpada.peTaka.m

.

*vlm.22. The clouds were roaring on one side of it with the loud noise of the drums, and the young plants and creepers were dancing in the happy arbours on another, clusters of flowers were smiling as blooming beauties on this side, and the swarms of humming bees were hovering on them on that.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

#jImUta: a cloud *RV • the sun mbh.3.152

मुर् #mur . #mura . #muraja: a drum or tambourine

पिट् #piT . #peTa: .am a basket • a multitude, a bunch of • . #peTaka: .am a little basket, casket, box •.• Comp. *bhUSaNapeTaka jewel.case भूषण.पेटिका). • *viTapapeTaka .m/n.. a bunch of rogues. . #peTaka.m >kR, with instr. "to join or consort with"

 

दन्त.ताल.दल.अवल्या परिहासाद् इव स्फुरत् ।

danta.tAla.dala.avalyA parihAsAt_iva sphurat |

दोलालोल.अप्सरो.वृन्दम् उदार.मद.मन्मथम् ॥६।१४।२३॥

dolAlola.apsara:.vRndam udAra.mada.manmatha.m ||6|14|23||

.

danta.tAla.dala.avali.yA

parihAsa.At iva. sphurat.

dolAlola.apsara.:.vRnda.m

udAra.mada.manmatha.m

.

*vlm.23. Here the lofty palm trees seemed to be smiling with shewing their teeth in their denticulated leaves, on seeing the giddy groups of Apsaras, swinging and strolling about loosely in their amorous dalliances under their shade.

 

शिला.विश्रान्त.विबुध.मिथुन.आश्रित.कन्दरम् ।

zilA.vizrAnta.vibudha.mithuna.Azrita.kandaram |

वर.अम्बर.अजिनम् शुभ्र.गङ्गा.यज्ञ.उपवीति च ॥६।१४।२४॥

vara.ambara.ajinam zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.upavIti ca ||6|14|24||

.

zilA.stone/rock.vizrAnta.reposed/ceased.from.vibudha.Celestial/wise.mithuna.pair/couple.Azrita.depending.on/resorting.to.kandara.cave/cavern.m vara.Boon/wish\best.ambara.sky.ajina.black.antelope/skin.m

zubhra.radiant/white.gaGgA.Gangaa.yajJa.worship/ritual.upavIti.Thread.wearing. ca.and.too

.

zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.wearing.sacred.cord also

*vlm.24. There the celestials were resorting in pairs to their grottos in the mountain, in order to relieve themselves to their trouble of trudging over the rugged paths of the craggy mountain; and they were clothed in the white vest of the open sky (nudity), and having the stream of ganges falling from high for their sacred thread. (Here Meru means any mountain and ganga is put for any stream descending from it).

* zilA.stone/rock.vizrAnta.reposed/ceased.from.vibudha.Celestial/wise.mithuna.pair/couple.Azrita.depending.on/resorting.to.kandara.cave/cavern.m vara.Boon/wish\best.ambara.sky.ajina.black.antelope/skin.m zubhra.radiant/white.gaGgA.Gangaa.yajJa.worship/ritual.upavIti.Thread.wearing. ca.and.too

 

तापसम् पिङ्गलम् इव वेणु.दण्ड.धरम् स्थितम् ।

tApasam piGgalam iva veNu.daNDa.dharam sthita.m |

गङ्गा.निर्झर.निर्ह्रादि लता.गृह.गत.अमरम् ॥६।१४।२५॥

gaGgA.nirjhara.nirhrAdi latA.gRha.gata.amaram ||6|14|25||

.

tApasam piGgalam iva

veNu.daNDa.dharam sthita.m

gaGgA.nirjhara.nirhrAdi

latA.gRha.gata.amaram .

#piGgala

#veNu m. a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute. . y1033.015 .

#nirhrAda: निर्ह्राद sound, noise, humming, murmuring, roaring &c (ifc. f(आ).) MBh.&c

*vlm.25. The hoary mountain stood as a grey headed hermit, holding the reeds (with which it abounded) as canes in his hand; and the celestial inhabitants of the mount, rested in the coverts of the creepers, being lulled by to sleep by gurgling sound of the waters falling from precipice to precipice.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

गन्धर्व.गीत.सुभगम् आमोद.मधुर.अनिलम् ।

gandharva.gIta.subhagam Amoda.madhura.anilam |

फुल्ल.हेम.अम्बुज.उत्तंसम् तारा.रत्न.विभूषितम् ।

phulla.hema.ambuja.uttaMsam tArA.ratna.vibhUSita.m |

व्योम्नः पारम् इव प्राप्त पिङ्गलम् मैरवम् शिरः ॥६।१४।२६॥

vyomna: pAram iva prApta piGgalam mairavam zira: ||6|14|26||

.

gandharva.gIta.subhagam

enjoying the singing of gandharva.Chroisters

Amoda.madhura.anilam in the sweet.scented breeze,

phulla.hema.ambuja.uttaMsam

tArA.ratna.vibhUSita.m

vyomna: pAram iva prApta:

piGgalam mairavam zira: a red Meruvic head.

#tan #uttan #uttaMsa: a crown, crest; laurel.

#piJj cl.2 A1. पिङ्क्ते, to tinge, dye, paint Dha1tup. xxiv, 18.

#piJj, to dye #piGgala . mf(/आ and ई)n. (cf. g. गौरा*दि and कडारा*दि), reddish.brown, tawny, yellow, gold.coloured AV. &c.

*vlm.26. The mountain king was crowned by the full blown lotuses that grow on its top, and was regaled by the sweet fragrance; which the odoriferous breezes bore from them. It was decorated with the gems of the starry frame on its crown, and charmed with the sweet songs of the gandharvas playing their strains on it.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

gandharva.gIta.subhagam enjoying the singing of gandharvas

Amoda.madhura.anilam in the sweet.scented breeze,

phulla.hema.ambuja.uttaMsam

tArA.ratna.vibhUSita.m

vyomna: pAram iva prApta:

piGgalam mairavam zira: a red Meruvic head.

#tan #uttan #uttaMsa: a crown, crest; laurel.

#piJj cl.2 A1. पिङ्क्ते, to tinge, dye, paint Dha1tup. xxiv, 18.

#piJj, to dye #piGgala . mf(/आ and ई)n. (cf. g. गौरा*दि and कडारा*दि), reddish.brown, tawny, yellow, gold.coloured AV. &c.

 

सित.हरित.पीत.पाटल.धवलैर् वन.कुसुम.राशि.नव.रङ्गैः ।

sita.harita.pIta.pATala.dhavalai:_vana.kusuma.rAzi.nava.raGgai: |

दिवि विहित.अमल.चित्रम् लीलाचलम् अमर.युवति.वर्गस्य ॥६।१४।२७॥

divi vihita.amala.citram lIlAcalam amara.yuvati.vargasya ||6|14|27||

.

sita.harita.pIta.pATala.dhavala.i:

vana.kusuma.rAzi.nava.raGga.i:

divi.

vihita.amala.citra.m

lIlAcalam amara.yuvati.varga.sya

.

*vlm.27. His hoary head pierced the silvery region of heaven, and was one with it in being the abode of the gods. The many coloured tops of Meru, emitting the various colours of the red, white, black, blue, yellow, and gray stones that are embodied in its body, lent the sky its variegated hues in the morning and evening, while the versicolor blossoms on its tops, invited the Heavenly nymphs to their rambles and sports over them.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

 

fm6015

 

DN6014 BHUSHUNDA.ON THE PEAK OF MOUNT MERU 2.JL19.

सर्ग ६.१४

वसिष्ठ* उवाच ।

vasiSTha* uvAca |

अस्ति तावद् अनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिद् अयम् किल ।

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila |

जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृग.तृष्णा मराव्_इव ॥६।१४।१॥

jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva ||6|14|1||

तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल.सम्भवः ।

tatra kAraNatAm yAta:_brahmA kamala.sambhava: |

स्थितः पिता.महत्वेन सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः ॥६।१४।२॥

sthita: pitA.mahatvena sRSTa.bhUta.bhara.bhrama: ||6|14|2||

तस्य_अहम् मानसः पुत्रो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः ।

tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |

ऋक्ष.चक्रे ध्रुव.धृते निवसामि युगम् प्रति ॥६।१४।३॥

RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||6|14|3||

सो ऽहम् कदाचिद् आस्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन् शत.क्रतोः ।

sa:_aham kadAcit_AsthAne svarge tiSThan zata.krato: |

श्रुतवान् नारद.आदिभ्यः कथाम् सुचिर.जीविताम् ॥६।१४।४॥

zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: kathAm sucira.jIvitAm ||6|14|4||

कथा.प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र_अभ्युवाच ह ।

kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |

शातात पोx नाम मुनिर् मौनी मानी महामतिः ॥६।१४।५॥

zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||6|14|5||

शातातप* उवाच ।

zAtAtapa* uvAca |

मेरोर् ईशान.कोण.स्थे पद्म.राग.मये दिवि ।

mero:_IzAna.koNa.sthe padma.rAga.maye divi |

अस्ति कल्प.तरुः श्रीमान् शृङ्गे चूत* इति श्रुतः ॥६।१४।६॥

asti kalpa.taru: zrImAn zRGge cUta* iti zruta: ||6|14|6||

तस्य कल्प.तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण.स्कन्ध.कोटरे ।

tasya kalpa.taro:_mUrdhni dakSiNa.skandha.koTare |

कल.धौत.लटा.प्रोते विद्यते विहग.आलयः ॥६।१४।७॥

kala.dhauta.laTA.prote vidyate vihaga.Alaya: ||6|14|7||

तस्मिन् निवसति श्रीमान् भुशुण्डो नाम वायसः ।

tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_nAma vAyasa: |

वीतरागो बृहत्.कोशे ब्रह्मा_इव निज.पङ्कजे ॥६।१४।८॥

vItarAga:_bRhat.koze brahmA_iva nija.paGkaje ||6|14|8||

स* यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश् चिरम् ।

sa* yathA jagatAm koze jIvati_iha surA:_ciram |

चिरंजीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥६।१४।९॥

ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUta:_na bhaviSyati ||6|14|9||

स* दीर्घ.आयुः स* नीरागः स* श्रीमान् स* महामतिः ।

sa* dIrgha.Ayu: sa* nIrAga: sa* zrImAn_sa* mahAmati: |

स* विश्रान्त.मतिः शान्तः स* कान्तः काल.कोविदः ॥६।१४।१०॥

sa* vizrAnta.mati: zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida: ||6|14|10||

स* यथा जीवति खगस् तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।

sa* yathA jIvati khaga:_tathA_iha yadi jIvyate |

तद् भवेद् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च_उदयम् एव च ॥६।१४।११॥

tat_bhavet_jIvita.m puNyam dIrgham ca.udayam eva ca ||6|14|11||

इति तेन भुशुण्डो असौ भूयः पृष्टेन वर्णितः ।

iti tena bhuzuNDa:_asau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |

यथावद् एव देवानाम् सभायाम् सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥६।१४।१२॥

yathAvat_eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||6|14|12||

कथा.अवसर.सम्शा न्ताव् अथ याते सुर.व्रजे ।

kathA.avasara.samzAntau_atha yAte sura.vraje |

भुशुण्डम् विगहम् द्रष्टुम् अहम् यातः कुतूहलात् ॥६।१४।१३॥

bhuzuNDam vigaham draSTum aham yAta: kutUhalAt ||6|14|13||

भुशुण्डः सम्स्थितो यत्र मेरोः शृङ्गम् तद् उत्तमम् ।

bhuzuNDa: samsthita:_yatra mero: zRGgam tat_uttamam |

सम्प्राप्तवान् क्षणेन_अहम् पद्म.राग.मयम् बृहत् ॥६।१४।१४॥

samprAptavAn kSaNena_aham padma.rAga.mayam bRhat ||6|14|14||

रत्न.गैरिक.कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि.वर्चसा ।

ratna.gairika.kAntena tejasA vahni.varcasA |

मध्व्.आसव.रसेन_इव रञ्जयत् कखुभाम् गणम् ॥६।१४।१५॥

madhu.Asava.rasena_iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||6|14|15||

कल्पान्त.ज्वलन.उज्ज्वाला.पिण्ड.अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।

kalpAnta.jvalana.ujjvAlA.piNDa.adrim iva saMcita.m |

इन्द्र.नील.शिखा.धूमम् आलोक.अरुणित.अम्बरम् ॥६।१४।१६॥

indra.nIla.zikhA.dhUmam Aloka.aruNita.ambaram ||6|14|16||

सर्वेषाम् एव रागाणाम् राशिम् अद्राव् इव स्थितम् ।

sarveSAm eva rAgANAm rAzim adrau_iva sthita.m |

सर्व.संध्या.अभ्र.जालानाम् घनम् एकम् इव_आकरम् ॥६।१४।१७॥

sarva.saMdhyA.abhra.jAlAnAm ghanam ekam iva_Akaram ||6|14|17||

उत्क्रान्तिम् कुर्वतो मेरोर् ब्रह्म.नाद्य्_एव निर्गतम् ।

utkrAntim kurvata:_mero:_brahma.nADI_eva nirgatam |

मूर्धानम् आगतम् कान्तम् वाडवम् जठर.अनलम् ॥६।१४।१८॥

mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam vADavam jaThara.analam ||6|14|18||

सुमेरु.वन.देव्या_इव नव.अलक्त.करञ्जितम् ।

sumeru.vana.devyA_iva nava.alakta.karaJjita.m |

लीलया_आदातुम् इन्दुम् खे नीतम् हस्त.शिख.अङ्गुलिम् ॥६।१४।१९॥

lIlayA_AdAtum indum khe nItam hasta.zikha.aGgulim ||6|14|19||

ज्वालाभिर् इव मालाभिर् अरुणाभिः पयो.मुखम् ।

jvAlAbhi:_iva mAlAbhi:_aruNAbhi: payo.mukham |

खम् गन्तुम् इव स.स्पन्दम् शैल.स्थम् इव वादवम् ॥६।१४।२०॥

kham gantum iva sa.spandam zaila.stha.m iva vAdavam ||6|14|20||

ताराः स्प्रष्टुम् इव_आकाशम् अङ्गुलीभिर् इव त्रिभिः ।

tArA: spraSTum iva_AkAzam aGgulIbhi:_iva tribhi: |

कचद् अंशु.नख.अग्राभिः परिचुम्बद् इव_उन्नतम् ॥६।१४।२१॥

kacat_aMzu.nakha.agrAbhi: paricumbat_iva.unnatam ||6|14|21||

गर्जज्.जीमूत.मुरजम् भू.भृतानाम् तु मण्डपम् ।

garjat.jImUta.murajam bhU.bhRtAnAm tu maNDapam |

हसत्.कुसुम.गुच्छ.आढ्यम् ध्वनत्.षट्पद.पेटकम् ॥६।१४।२२॥

hasat.kusuma.guccha.ADhyam dhvanat.SaTpada.peTaka.m ||6|14|22||

दन्त.ताल.दल.अवल्या परिहासाद् इव स्फुरत् ।

danta.tAla.dala.avalyA parihAsAt_iva sphurat |

दोलालोल.अप्सरो.वृन्दम् उदार.मद.मन्मथम् ॥६।१४।२३॥

dolAlola.apsara:.vRndam udAra.mada.manmatha.m ||6|14|23||

शिला.विश्रान्त.विबुध.मिथुन.आश्रित.कन्दरम् ।

zilA.vizrAnta.vibudha.mithuna.Azrita.kandaram |

वर.अम्बर.अजिनम् शुभ्र.गङ्गा.यज्ञ.उपवीति च ॥६।१४।२४॥

vara.ambara.ajinam zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.upavIti ca ||6|14|24||

तापसम् पिङ्गलम् इव वेणु.दण्ड.धरम् स्थितम् ।

tApasam piGgalam iva veNu.daNDa.dharam sthita.m |

गङ्गा.निर्झर.निर्ह्रादि लता.गृह.गत.अमरम् ॥६।१४।२५॥

gaGgA.nirjhara.nirhrAdi latA.gRha.gata.amaram ||6|14|25||

गन्धर्व.गीत.सुभगम् आमोद.मधुर.अनिलम् ।

gandharva.gIta.subhagam Amoda.madhura.anilam |

फुल्ल.हेम.अम्बुज.उत्तंसम् तारा.रत्न.विभूषितम् ।

phulla.hema.ambuja.uttaMsam tArA.ratna.vibhUSita.m |

व्योम्नः पारम् इव प्राप्त पिङ्गलम् मैरवम् शिरः ॥६।१४।२६॥

vyomna: pAram iva prApta piGgalam mairavam zira: ||6|14|26||

सित.हरित.पीत.पाटल.धवलैर् वन.कुसुम.राशि.नव.रङ्गैः ।

sita.harita.pIta.pATala.dhavalai:_vana.kusuma.rAzi.nava.raGgai: |

दिवि विहित.अमल.चित्रम् लीलाचलम् अमर.युवति.वर्गस्य ॥६।१४।२७॥

divi vihita.amala.citram lIlAcalam amara.yuvati.vargasya ||6|14|27||

॥

 

 

 

santoSaH paramo lAbhaH satsaGgaH paramA gatiH |
vicAraH paramaM jJAnaM zamo hi paramaM sukham ||

सन्तोषः परमो लाभः सत्सङ्गः परमा गतिः।
विचारः परमं ज्ञानं शमो हि परमं सुखम्॥
Contentment is the highest gain, Good Company the highest course,
Enquiry the highest wisdom, and Peace the highest enjoyment.
                             -- Yoga Vasishtha 

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FM.6.1-FM.6.49

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ypa3cs25cab8jgs/FM.6.1-FM.6.49.docx?dl=0

FM6014

 

oॐm

 

FM.6.14

 

KÂKA.the.Crow

 

Bhushunda.QuakeEarth

 

Monarch of the Crow tribe

 

 

 

 

BHUSHUNDA THE CROW

 

On the Peak of Mount Meru

 

VASISHTHA THE PLENTIFUL declared–

 

अस्ति तावद् अनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिद् अयम् किल ।

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila |

जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृग.तृष्णा मराव्_इव ॥६।१४।१॥

jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva ||6|14|1||

.

there is somewhere definite in That boundless infinity

a vibrant world.form

that's like the projected desert.water seen by a desert.thirsted beast

.

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila.indeed/of.course/for.sure.this.is | jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva

.

*vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:.The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution of the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in the mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions of the self.same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).

*sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness there is a mirage.like world.appearance in one corner, as it were.

*jd. अस्ति तावद् There is that.much So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य तस्य of/in that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल somewhere indeed there is this जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दः throbbing pari.spanda.very.vibrant world.form, मृग.तृष्णा मरौ_इव like a desert mirage for a thirsty beast as.if seen by a thirsty deer in the desert.

 

तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल.सम्भवः ।

tatra kAraNatAm yAta:_brahmA kamala.sambhava: |

स्थितः पितामहत्वेन सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः ॥६।१४।२॥

sthita: pitAmahatvena sRSTa.bhUta.bhara.bhrama: ||6|14|2||

.

there

then

there.came to causality

the god Brahmâ.the.Immense

the LotusBorn Ancestor

established in this delusion

this creation bearing its bounty of beings

.

tatra.there.aboutThat kAraNatA*m yatas.from.which/whence

Brahmâ.the.Immense kamala*sambhavat.becoming: |

sthita.situate/set: pitAmaha.tva.-ity.ina

sRSTa.bhUta.being/having.become.bhara.bearing.bhrama.confusion/error:

.

*vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all, for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).

*sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this world.appearance, dwells there. I am his mind.born son.

*jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल.संभवः brahmA the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन established in his Grandpahood सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः this creation.creature.bearing.delusion.

 

तस्य_अहम् मानसः पुत्रो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः ।

tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |

ऋक्ष.चक्रे ध्रुव.धृते निवसामि युगम् प्रति ॥६।१४।३॥

RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||6|14|3||

.

I

am his son, born of his mind

Vasishtha the Plentiful

dwelling in bounty,

born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star

:

I dwelt there for an entire Age

...

tasya_aham mAnasa.mental/of.manas.Mind: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |

[Jiva Das]

FM.6.1-FM.6.49

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ypa3cs25cab8jgs/FM.6.1-FM.6.49.docx?dl=0

*FM6014*



*o*ॐ*m*



FM.6.14



*KÂKA.the.Crow *



*Bhushunda.QuakeEarth*



*Monarch of the Crow tribe*









*BHUSHUNDA THE CROW*



*On the Peak of Mount Meru*



*VASISHTHA THE PLENTIFUL declared–*

अस्ति तावद् अनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिद् अयम् किल ।

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila |

जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृग.तृष्णा मराव्_इव ॥६।१४।१॥

jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva ||6|14|1||

.

*there is somewhere definite in That boundless infinity*

*a vibrant world.form*

*that's like the projected desert.water seen by a desert.thirsted beast*

*.*

asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila.*indeed/of.course/for.sure.this.is
<http://for.sure.this.is>* | jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva

.

*vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:.The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution of
the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in the
mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions of
the self.same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).

*sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness
there is a mirage.like world.appearance in one corner, as it were.

*jd. अस्ति तावद् There is that.much So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य तस्य of/in
that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल somewhere indeed there is this जगद्.रूपः
परिस्पन्दः throbbing pari.spanda.very.vibrant world.form, मृग.तृष्णा
मरौ_इव like
a desert mirage for a thirsty beast as.if seen by a thirsty deer in the
desert.



तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल.सम्भवः ।

tatra kAraNatAm yAta:_brahmA kamala.sambhava: |

स्थितः पितामहत्वेन सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः ॥६।१४।२॥

sthita: pitAmahatvena sRSTa.bhUta.bhara.bhrama: ||6|14|2||

.

*there*

*then*

*there.came to causality*

*the god Brahmâ.the.Immense*

*the LotusBorn Ancestor*

*established in this delusion*

*this creation bearing its bounty of beings*

*.*

tatra*.there*.aboutThat kAraNatA*m yatas*.from.which/whence*

*Brahmâ.the.Immense* kamala*sambhavat.*becoming*: |

sthita*.**situate/set*: pitAmaha.tva*.-ity*.ina

sRSTa.bhUta.*being/having.become*.bhara*.bearing*.bhrama*.confusion/error*:

.

*vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of
Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been
produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all,
for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles
Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).

*sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this
world.appearance, dwells there. I am his mind.born son.

*jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल.संभवः brahmA
the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन established in his Grandpahood सृष्ट.भूत.भर
.भ्रमः this creation.creature.bearing.delusion.



तस्य_अहम् मानसः पुत्रो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः ।

tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |

ऋक्ष.चक्रे ध्रुव.धृते निवसामि युगम् प्रति ॥६।१४।३॥

RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||6|14|3||

.

*I *

*am his son, born of his mind*

*Vasishtha the Plentiful*

*dwelling in bounty,*

*born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star*

*:*

*I dwelt there for an entire Age*

*...*

tasya_aham mAnasa.*mental/of.manas.Mind*: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita:

|

RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati

*.*

* RkSacakra Constellation of the Bear: RkSha.chakra the Bear.wheel the
Pleiades the "Seven Sages", a constellation in which seven stars were seen
in ancient days.only six can be seen today..called RkSha the Bear through
confusion with the word RShi. y7132.006. The birthplace of vasiShTha.

*jd. तस्य अहं मानसः पुत्रः I am the son of his mind वसिष्ठः
श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः vasiShTha,
dwelling in bounty ऋक्ष.चक्रे in the constellation of the Bear ध्रुव.धृते borne
by the pole star निवसामि युगं प्रति I dwelt for a Yoga Age.



सो ऽहम् कदाचिद् आस्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन् शत.क्रतोः ।

sa:_aham kadAcit_AsthAne svarge tiSThan zata.krato: |

श्रुतवान् नारद.आदिभ्यः कथाम् सुचिर.जीविताम् ॥६।१४।४॥

zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: kathAm sucira.jIvitAm ||6|14|4||

.

...

*now, I was dwelling, at some time, in indra's svarga.Heaven*

*: *

*there I heard*

*.from nArada.ManGift and othersuch .*

*the story of the long life of *

*shata.kratu *

*LORD INDRA OF THE HUNDRED SACRIFICES *

.

*zatakratu the name and rank of इन्द्र indra given to one who has offered a
hundred अश्व.मेधs ashva.medha Horse.sacrifices • cf. Gk. hekatombaios,
"hecatomb").

VLM. ... I heard the accounts of many long living persons ... • sv....
long.lived beings.

*jd. sa:_aham kadA.cid This "I" somewhen tiSThan AsthAne svarge having
residence in svarga Heaven zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: hearing from nArada
ManGift &c kathAm sucira.jIvitAm zata.krato: a tale of the long life of an
INDRA OF THE HUNDRED.OFFERINGS kratus ....

#kratu .m.. resolution, determination; purpose; desire, will (instr.
#kratvA, willingly, readily; ekena kratunA, through the mere wil); power,
ability; intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, good
understanding); a sacrificial rite (as the Azva.medha sacrifice), offering,
worship (also personified); Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of
brahmA and one of the prajApatis); Kratu the Willing, one of the seven
RSis. . y1033.025; y6066.020 .

#zatakratu: .. N. of इन्द्र *indra (a hundred अश्व.मेध Horse.Sacrifices
elevating the sacrificer to the rank of इन्द्र indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος

<http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?la=greek&l=E%28KATOMBAI%3DOS>)

MBh.Ka1v. &c (cf. क्षिति.शतक्र्°).



कथा.प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र_अभ्युवाच ह ।

kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |

शातात पोx नाम मुनिर् मौनी मानी महामतिः ॥६।१४।५॥

zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||6|14|5||

.

*when the tale was told*

*somewhere somewhen*

*then*

*there spoke.up*

*THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS*

*of many.mannered mighty mind*

*&*

*these were his words:–*

.

kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_

atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |

zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_

maunI mAnI mahAmati:

.

*zAtAtapa perhaps the lawmaker of vRddha.zAtAtapa. I take him to be so in
y6014.

*vlm.5. There was once on a time the sage Sálatapá among them; who was a
person of great understanding, a man of honor and taciturn in his speech;
and said by way of conversation:..

*sv.5 In the course of this discussion, the great sage Satatapa said:

*SHÂTÂTAPA the Muni of a hundred heats–*

मेरोर् ईशान.कोण.स्थे पद्म.राग.मये दिवि ।

mero:_IzAna.koNa.sthe padma.rAga.maye divi |

अस्ति कल्प.तरुः श्रीमान् शृङ्गे चूत* इति श्रुतः ॥६।१४।६॥

asti kalpa.taru: zrImAn zRGge cUta* iti zruta: ||6|14|6||

.

on the northeast peak of Mount meru

that is lotus.lovely in the sky

there is said to be

a kalpa*Tree

looking the like of a mango tree

.

just at the top

...

meror*.of Mount.Meru.*IzAna*.northeast/Rudra.Shiva.*koNa*.corner/quarter.*
stha.*place/situate.*e

padma.*lotus**/Padma.*rAgamaya*.pleasuremaking.*e divi*.in sky/heaven. *

asti.*is/exists*.kalpataru.*Doomsday.tree.*: zrImAn

zRGga*.*e cUta*.* iti*.* zruta*.*:

.

meror. IzAna.koNa.sthe

– on the northeast peak of Mount Meru

padma.rAgamaya.e divi.

– lotus.lovely in the sky

asti. kalpataru.: zrImAn

– there is a wonderful Kalpa.Tree

zRGga.e cUta. iti. zruta.:

– at the top, a mango tree is known….

*vlm.6. That there was in the north east summit of Mount Meru, a spot full
of sparkling gems, where there was a Kalpa.Tree of the chuta or mango kind,
which yielded its fruits in all seasons of the year.

* Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that
fulfil all desires.

#cUTa.*mango.Tree*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango

तस्य कल्प.तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण.स्कन्ध.कोटरे ।

tasya kalpa.taro:_mUrdhni dakSiNa.skandha.koTare |

कल.धौत.लटा.प्रोते विद्यते विहग.आलयः ॥६।१४।७॥

kala.dhauta.laTA.prote vidyate vihaga.Alaya: ||6|14|7||

.

*just at the very top of the Kalpa.Tree*

*within the hollow of a branch*

*with a southern exposure*

*there*

*festooned with golden flowers*

*is a nest*

*. *

*of/for *tasya*.* kalpa*.*taru*.*o:_mUrdhni*.*

dakSiNa*.*skandha*.*koTara*.*e

kala*.*dhauta*.*laTA*.*prota*.*e

vidyate*.* vihaga*.*Alaya*.*:

.

* Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that
fulfil all desires.

here it looks like a chUta mango tree.



तस्मिन् निवसति श्रीमान् भुशुण्डो नाम वायसः ।

tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_nAma vAyasa: |

वीतरागो बृहत्.कोशे ब्रह्मा_इव निज.पङ्कजे ॥६।१४।८॥

vItarAga:_bRhat.koze brahmA_iva nija.paGkaje ||6|14|8||

.

*there *

*dwells the Glorious bhushuNDa.Earthshaker *

*(such is his name)*

*a Crow*

*free from passion,*

*resting on that great peak as brahmA is seated on his lotus"*

*. *

tasmin*.* nivasat*.*i zrImAn*.* bhuzuNDa*.*: nAma*.* vAyasa*.*:

vItarAga*.*:_bRhat*.*koza*.*e brahmA*.* iva*.* nija*.*paGkaja*.*e

.

*vlm.p.8 Among them there was a nest belonging to an old crow named
*bhuzunda who lived quite happy with himself, just as the god brahma dwells
content in his lotus bed.

*vlm.8. Among them there was a crow's nest, belonging to one old raven by
name of Bhusunda, who lived quite happy with himself; as the god Brahmá
dwells content in his lotus.bed.



स* यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश् चिरम् ।

sa* yathA jagatAm koze jIvati_iha surA:_ciram |

चिरंजीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥६।१४।९॥

ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUta:_na bhaviSyati ||6|14|9||

.

*not in the length & breadth of this wide world*

*and*

*not among the Gods in indra's heaven*

*has anyone ever lived so long a life as he*

*.*

sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati iha
living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long
ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will
not be

*vlm.p.9 There is no one in the womb of this world who is as long lived as
*bhuzunda. Not even the gods in heaven can boast of a greater longevity
than he among the feathered group, and it is doubtful whether there may be
another as old as he in times to come.

*vlm.9. There is no one in the womb of this world so long lived as he, nor
even the gods in heaven, can boast a greater longivity than he among the
feathered tribe; and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old as
he in times to come. (Old as Adam and as old as Methuselah).

*jd. sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati iha
living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long
ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will
not be



स* दीर्घ.आयुः स* नीरागः स* श्रीमान् स* महामतिः ।

sa* dIrgha.Ayu: sa* nIrAga: sa* zrImAn_sa* mahAmati: |

स* विश्रान्त.मतिः शान्तः स* कान्तः काल.कोविदः ॥६।१४।१०॥

sa* vizrAnta.mati: zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida: ||6|14|10||

.

*not only is he long in years *

*: *

*he is dispassionate, and he is glorious to see*

*great.minded, but reposed in a mind at peace *

*a master of the time*

*.*

sa* dIrgha.Ayu:

*He was long in years, *

sa* nIrAga:

*he was dispassionate, *

sa* zrImAn

*he was glorious, *

sa* mahA.mati:

*he was great.minded *

sa* vizrAnta.mati:

*his mind was in repose, *

zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida:

*peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times*

*. *

*vlm.p.10 This old crow was beautiful even in old age. He had become
passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
the tranquility of his mind and was graceful as he was full of knowledge of
all times.

*vlm.10. This crony crow was beauteous even in old age, and had become
passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
the tranquility of his mind, and was as graceful as he was full of
knowledge of all times.

*jd. sa* dIrgha.Ayu: He was long in years, sa* nIrAga: he was
dispassionate, sa* zrImAn he was glorious, sa* mahA.mati: he was
great.minded sa* vizrAnta.mati: his mind was in repose, zAnta: sa* kAnta:
kAla.kovida: peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times.



स* यथा जीवति खगस् तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।

sa* yathA jIvati khaga:_tathA_iha yadi jIvyate |

तद् भवेद् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च_उदयम् एव च ॥६।१४।११॥

tat_bhavet_jIvita.m puNyam dIrgham ca.udayam eva ca ||6|14|11||

.

*anyone *

*who lives the way this Bird lives *

*leads a life that is meritorious, sacred*

*.*

*that is a life that will be worthy and long*

*. *

*that.he*. yathA*.so/in.this.way.* jIvat*.living.*i . khaga*.bird/skygoer.*:


*thus/in.that.way. *iha.*here.in.this.world*. yadi.*if *jIvyat
*.remaining.alive.*e.

*he* *becomes *

jIvita.*life/lived.*m puNya.*pious/sacred.*m

dIrghayA.*at.length.*m ca.a*nd.too *

udaya.*rising**.*m eva.*very**/only *.* also*

.

* #kha.ga: a sky.going bird; or #khe.cara, a sky.rover.

kAka.bhushuNDa may be a crow called bhushuNDa, or a member of the Crow clan

(with a crow totem). take your pick; or take both! I try to imply both
senses.

remember we're in indra's Heaven. das....@gmail.com

*vlm.p.11 If anyone may have the long life of this crow, his life becomes
meritorious and his old age is crowned with wisdom.

*jd. sa* yathA jIvati khaga: just as this bird lives tathA iha yadi jIvyate
thus here if it is lived tad bhavet jIvita.m puNyam that life becomes
sacred dIrgham ca udayam eva ca and long indeed arisen.

* sa:.that.he. yathA.so/in.this.way. jIvat.living.i . khaga.bird/skygoer.:
tathA.thus/in.that.way. iha.here.in.this.world. yadi.if .
jIvyat.remaining.alive.e. tat.that.one. bhavet.becomes . jIvita.life/lived.m
puNya.pious/sacred.m . dIrghayA.at.length.m ca.and.too . udaya.rising.m
eva.very/only . ca.and.too

*VASISHTHA said—*

इति तेन भुशुण्डो असौ भूयः पृष्टेन वर्णितः ।

iti tena bhuzuNDa:_asau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |

यथावद् एव देवानाम् सभायाम् सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥६।१४।१२॥

yathAvat_eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||6|14|12||

.

*such were the words of shAtAtapa *

*answering a question straightforwardly and honestly*

*in the Assembly of the Gods*

*.*

*Bhushunda.QuakeEarth *

*has *

*his Seat *

*there on the highest horn of Mount.meru *

*which I soon reached*

*: *

*the mountain shone with precious stones *

*...*

*bhuzuNDa.: samsthita.: yatra. *

meru*.*o: zRGga*.*m tat*.* uttama*.*m

samprApta*.*vAn kSaNa*.*ena aham*.*

padma*.*rAga*.*maya*.*m bRhat*.*

.

samprAptavAn kSaNena aham

#padmarAga "lotus.hued" a ruby

mayam bRhat

*vlm.14. With this desire, I hastened to the spot, where the crow was said
to rest in his happy nest; and I reached in a short time, to the summit of
Meru, which was shining with its precious stones.

*sv.14 Instantly I reached that peak of the mount Meru where Bhusunda
lived.

*AB. kSaNena aham ... ||



रत्न.गैरिक.कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि.वर्चसा ।

ratna.gairika.kAntena tejasA vahni.varcasA |

मध्व्.आसव.रसेन_इव रञ्जयत् कखुभाम् गणम् ॥६।१४।१५॥

madhu.Asava.rasena_iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||6|14|15||

.

...

ratna*.*gairika*.*kAnta*.*ena

tejas*.*A vahni*.*varcas*.*A

madhu*.*Asava*.*rasa*.*ena iva

raJjayat*.* kakhubh*.*Am gaNa*.*m

.

*vlm.15. The peak of the mountain was flaming as fire, with the glare of
its gems and red earth..gairika, and these painted the upper sky, with the
bright hue of florid honey and sparkling wine.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.



कल्पान्त.ज्वलन.उज्ज्वाला.पिण्ड.अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।

kalpAnta.jvalana.ujjvAlA.piNDa.adrim iva saMcita.m |

इन्द्र.नील.शिखा.धूमम् आलोक.अरुणित.अम्बरम् ॥६।१४।१६॥

indra.nIla.zikhA.dhUmam Aloka.aruNita.ambaram ||6|14|16||

.

kalpAnta*.*jvalana*.*ujjvAlA*.*piNDa*.*adri*.*m iva*.* saMcita*.*m

indra*.*nIla*.*zikhA*.*dhUma*.*m

Aloka*.*aruNita*.*ambara*.*m

jvAla*.*Abhi: iva*.* mAla*.*Abhi: aruNa*.*Abhi:

paya:*.*mukha*.*m

kha*.*m gantum*.* iva*.*

sa*.*spanda*.*m zaila*.*stha*.*m iva*.* vAdava*.*m

paricumbat_iv*a.u*nnatam

zilA.*stone/rock.*vizrAnta*.reposed/ceased.from.*vibudha*.Celestial/wise.*
mithuna*.pair/couple.*Azrita*.depending.on/resorting.to
<http://resorting.to>.*kandara*.cave/cavern.*m vara.*Boon/wish\best*.ambara
*.sky.*ajina*.black.antelope/skin.*m

zubhra*.radiant/white.*gaGgA*.Gangaa.*yajJa.*worship/ritual.*upavIti
*.Thread.wearing.* ca.a*nd.too*

.

zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.wearing.sacred.cord also

*vlm.24. There the celestials were resorting in pairs to their grottos in
the mountain, in order to relieve themselves to their trouble of trudging
over the rugged paths of the craggy mountain; and they were clothed in the
white vest of the open sky (nudity), and having the stream of ganges
falling from high for their sacred thread. (Here Meru means any mountain
and ganga is put for any stream descending from it).

* zilA.*stone/rock.*vizrAnta*.reposed/ceased.from.*vibudha*.Celestial/wise.*
mithuna*.pair/couple.*Azrita*.depending.on/resorting.to
<http://resorting.to>.*kandara*.cave/cavern.*m vara.*Boon/wish\best*.ambara
*.sky.*ajina*.black.antelope/skin.*m zubhra*.radiant/white.*gaGgA*.Gangaa.*
yajJa.*worship/ritual.*upavIti*.Thread.wearing.* ca.a*nd.too*

sita*.*harita*.*pIta*.*pATala*.*dhavala*.*i:

vana*.*kusuma*.*rAzi*.*nava*.*raGga*.*i:

divi*.*

vihita*.*amala*.*citra*.*m

lIlAcalam amara*.*yuvati*.*varga*.*sya

.

*vlm.27. His hoary head pierced the silvery region of heaven, and was one
with it in being the abode of the gods. The many coloured tops of Meru,
emitting the various colours of the red, white, black, blue, yellow, and
gray stones that are embodied in its body, lent the sky its variegated hues
in the morning and evening, while the versicolor blossoms on its tops,
invited the Heavenly nymphs to their rambles and sports over them.

*sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.

*fm6015 *

*http://goo.gl/k3hRBX <http://goo.gl/k3hRBX> *

On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 7:45 PM Jiva Das <das....@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> FM.6.1-FM.6.49
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ypa3cs25cab8jgs/FM.6.1-FM.6.49.docx?dl=0
>

> *FM6014*
>
>
>
> *o*ॐ*m*
>
>
>
> FM.6.14
>
>
>
> *KÂKA.the.Crow *
>
>
>
> *Bhushunda.QuakeEarth*
>
>
>
> *Monarch of the Crow tribe*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *BHUSHUNDA THE CROW*
>
>
>
> *On the Peak of Mount Meru*
>
>
>
> *VASISHTHA THE PLENTIFUL declared–*

>
>
>
> अस्ति तावद् अनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिद् अयम् किल ।
>
> asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila |
>
> जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृग.तृष्णा मराव्_इव ॥६।१४।१॥
>
> jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva ||6|14|1||
>
> .
>

> *there is somewhere definite in That boundless infinity*
>
> *a vibrant world.form*
>
> *that's like the projected desert.water seen by a desert.thirsted beast*
>
> *.*
>
> asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila.*indeed/of.course/for.sure.this.is
> <http://for.sure.this.is>* | jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva

>
> .
>
> *vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:.The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution
> of the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in
> the mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions
> of the self.same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).
>
> *sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness
> there is a mirage.like world.appearance in one corner, as it were.
>
> *jd. अस्ति तावद् There is that.much So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य तस्य of/in
> that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल somewhere indeed there is this जगद्.रू
> पः परिस्पन्दः throbbing pari.spanda.very.vibrant world.form, मृग.तृष्णा
> मरौ_इव like a desert mirage for a thirsty beast as.if seen by a thirsty
> deer in the desert.
>
>
>
> तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल.सम्भवः ।
>
> tatra kAraNatAm yAta:_brahmA kamala.sambhava: |
>
> स्थितः पितामहत्वेन सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः ॥६।१४।२॥
>
> sthita: pitAmahatvena sRSTa.bhUta.bhara.bhrama: ||6|14|2||
>
> .
>

> *there*
>
> *then*
>
> *there.came to causality*
>
> *the god Brahmâ.the.Immense*
>
> *the LotusBorn Ancestor*
>
> *established in this delusion*
>
> *this creation bearing its bounty of beings*
>
> *.*
>
> tatra*.there*.aboutThat kAraNatA*m yatas*.from.which/whence*
>
> *Brahmâ.the.Immense* kamala*sambhavat.*becoming*: |
>
> sthita*.**situate/set*: pitAmaha.tva*.-ity*.ina
>
> sRSTa.bhUta.*being/having.become*.bhara*.bearing*.bhrama*.confusion/error*:

>
>
> .
>
> *vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of
> Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been
> produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all,
> for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles
> Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).
>
> *sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this
> world.appearance, dwells there. I am his mind.born son.
>
> *jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल.संभवः brahmA
> the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन established in his Grandpahood सृष्ट.भूत.
> भर.भ्रमः this creation.creature.bearing.delusion.
>
>
>
> तस्य_अहम् मानसः पुत्रो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः ।
>
> tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |
>
> ऋक्ष.चक्रे ध्रुव.धृते निवसामि युगम् प्रति ॥६।१४।३॥
>
> RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||6|14|3||
>
> .
>

> *I *
>
> *am his son, born of his mind*
>
> *Vasishtha the Plentiful*
>
> *dwelling in bounty,*
>
> *born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star*
>
> *:*
>
> *I dwelt there for an entire Age*
>
> *...*
>
> tasya_aham mAnasa.*mental/of.manas.Mind*: putra:_vasiSTha:

> zreSTha.ceSTita: |
>
> RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati
>

> *.*

>
> * RkSacakra Constellation of the Bear: RkSha.chakra the Bear.wheel the
> Pleiades the "Seven Sages", a constellation in which seven stars were seen
> in ancient days.only six can be seen today..called RkSha the Bear through
> confusion with the word RShi. y7132.006. The birthplace of vasiShTha.
>
> *jd. तस्य अहं मानसः पुत्रः I am the son of his mind वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.
> चेष्टितः vasiShTha, dwelling in bounty ऋक्ष.चक्रे in the constellation of
> the Bear ध्रुव.धृते borne by the pole star निवसामि युगं प्रति I dwelt for
> a Yoga Age.
>
>
>
> सो ऽहम् कदाचिद् आस्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन् शत.क्रतोः ।
>
> sa:_aham kadAcit_AsthAne svarge tiSThan zata.krato: |
>
> श्रुतवान् नारद.आदिभ्यः कथाम् सुचिर.जीविताम् ॥६।१४।४॥
>
> zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: kathAm sucira.jIvitAm ||6|14|4||
>
> .
>
> ...
>

> *now, I was dwelling, at some time, in indra's svarga.Heaven*
>
> *: *
>
> *there I heard*
>
> *.from nArada.ManGift and othersuch .*
>
> *the story of the long life of *
>
> *shata.kratu *
>
> *LORD INDRA OF THE HUNDRED SACRIFICES *

>
> .
>
> *zatakratu the name and rank of इन्द्र indra given to one who has offered
> a hundred अश्व.मेधs ashva.medha Horse.sacrifices • cf. Gk. hekatombaios,
> "hecatomb").
>
> VLM. ... I heard the accounts of many long living persons ... • sv....
> long.lived beings.
>
> *jd. sa:_aham kadA.cid This "I" somewhen tiSThan AsthAne svarge having
> residence in svarga Heaven zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: hearing from nArada
> ManGift &c kathAm sucira.jIvitAm zata.krato: a tale of the long life of an
> INDRA OF THE HUNDRED.OFFERINGS kratus ....
>
> #kratu .m.. resolution, determination; purpose; desire, will (instr.
> #kratvA, willingly, readily; ekena kratunA, through the mere wil); power,
> ability; intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, good
> understanding); a sacrificial rite (as the Azva.medha sacrifice), offering,
> worship (also personified); Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of
> brahmA and one of the prajApatis); Kratu the Willing, one of the seven
> RSis. . y1033.025; y6066.020 .
>
> #zatakratu: .. N. of इन्द्र *indra (a hundred अश्व.मेध Horse.Sacrifices
> elevating the sacrificer to the rank of इन्द्र indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος

> <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?la=greek&l=E%28KATOMBAI%3DOS>)

> MBh.Ka1v. &c (cf. क्षिति.शतक्र्°).
>
>
>
> कथा.प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र_अभ्युवाच ह ।
>
> kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |
>
> शातात पोx नाम मुनिर् मौनी मानी महामतिः ॥६।१४।५॥
>
> zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||6|14|5||
>
> .
>

> *when the tale was told*
>
> *somewhere somewhen*
>
> *then*
>
> *there spoke.up*
>
> *THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS*
>
> *of many.mannered mighty mind*
>
> *&*
>
> *these were his words:–*

>
> .
>
> kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_
>
> atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |
>
> zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_
>
> maunI mAnI mahAmati:
>
> .
>
> *zAtAtapa perhaps the lawmaker of vRddha.zAtAtapa. I take him to be so in
> y6014.
>
> *vlm.5. There was once on a time the sage Sálatapá among them; who was a
> person of great understanding, a man of honor and taciturn in his speech;
> and said by way of conversation:..
>
> *sv.5 In the course of this discussion, the great sage Satatapa said:
>
>
>

> *SHÂTÂTAPA the Muni of a hundred heats–*

>
>
>
> मेरोर् ईशान.कोण.स्थे पद्म.राग.मये दिवि ।
>
> mero:_IzAna.koNa.sthe padma.rAga.maye divi |
>
> अस्ति कल्प.तरुः श्रीमान् शृङ्गे चूत* इति श्रुतः ॥६।१४।६॥
>
> asti kalpa.taru: zrImAn zRGge cUta* iti zruta: ||6|14|6||
>
> .
>
> on the northeast peak of Mount meru
>
> that is lotus.lovely in the sky
>
> there is said to be
>
> a kalpa*Tree
>
> looking the like of a mango tree
>
> .
>
> just at the top
>
> ...
>

> meror*.of Mount.Meru.*IzAna*.northeast/Rudra.Shiva.*koNa*.corner/quarter.*
> stha.*place/situate.*e
>
> padma.*lotus**/Padma.*rAgamaya*.pleasuremaking.*e divi*.in sky/heaven. *
>
> asti.*is/exists*.kalpataru.*Doomsday.tree.*: zrImAn
>
> zRGga*.*e cUta*.* iti*.* zruta*.*:

>
> .
>
> meror. IzAna.koNa.sthe
>
> – on the northeast peak of Mount Meru
>
> padma.rAgamaya.e divi.
>
> – lotus.lovely in the sky
>
> asti. kalpataru.: zrImAn
>
> – there is a wonderful Kalpa.Tree
>
> zRGga.e cUta. iti. zruta.:
>
> – at the top, a mango tree is known….
>
> *vlm.6. That there was in the north east summit of Mount Meru, a spot full
> of sparkling gems, where there was a Kalpa.Tree of the chuta or mango kind,
> which yielded its fruits in all seasons of the year.
>
> * Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that
> fulfil all desires.
>

> #cUTa.*mango.Tree*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango

>
>
>
> तस्य कल्प.तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण.स्कन्ध.कोटरे ।
>
> tasya kalpa.taro:_mUrdhni dakSiNa.skandha.koTare |
>
> कल.धौत.लटा.प्रोते विद्यते विहग.आलयः ॥६।१४।७॥
>
> kala.dhauta.laTA.prote vidyate vihaga.Alaya: ||6|14|7||
>
> .
>

> *just at the very top of the Kalpa.Tree*
>
> *within the hollow of a branch*
>
> *with a southern exposure*
>
> *there*
>
> *festooned with golden flowers*
>
> *is a nest*
>
> *. *
>
> *of/for *tasya*.* kalpa*.*taru*.*o:_mUrdhni*.*
>
> dakSiNa*.*skandha*.*koTara*.*e
>
> kala*.*dhauta*.*laTA*.*prota*.*e
>
> vidyate*.* vihaga*.*Alaya*.*:

>
> .
>
> * Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven, that
> fulfil all desires.
>
> here it looks like a chUta mango tree.
>
>
>
> तस्मिन् निवसति श्रीमान् भुशुण्डो नाम वायसः ।
>
> tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_nAma vAyasa: |
>
> वीतरागो बृहत्.कोशे ब्रह्मा_इव निज.पङ्कजे ॥६।१४।८॥
>
> vItarAga:_bRhat.koze brahmA_iva nija.paGkaje ||6|14|8||
>
> .
>

> *there *
>
> *dwells the Glorious bhushuNDa.Earthshaker *
>
> *(such is his name)*
>
> *a Crow*
>
> *free from passion,*
>
> *resting on that great peak as brahmA is seated on his lotus"*
>
> *. *
>
> tasmin*.* nivasat*.*i zrImAn*.* bhuzuNDa*.*: nAma*.* vAyasa*.*:
>
> vItarAga*.*:_bRhat*.*koza*.*e brahmA*.* iva*.* nija*.*paGkaja*.*e

>
> .
>
> *vlm.p.8 Among them there was a nest belonging to an old crow named
> *bhuzunda who lived quite happy with himself, just as the god brahma dwells
> content in his lotus bed.
>
> *vlm.8. Among them there was a crow's nest, belonging to one old raven by
> name of Bhusunda, who lived quite happy with himself; as the god Brahmá
> dwells content in his lotus.bed.
>
>
>
> स* यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश् चिरम् ।
>
> sa* yathA jagatAm koze jIvati_iha surA:_ciram |
>
> चिरंजीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥६।१४।९॥
>
> ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUta:_na bhaviSyati ||6|14|9||
>
> .
>

> *not in the length & breadth of this wide world*
>
> *and*
>
> *not among the Gods in indra's heaven*
>
> *has anyone ever lived so long a life as he*
>
> *.*

>
> sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati iha
> living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long
> ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will
> not be
>
> *vlm.p.9 There is no one in the womb of this world who is as long lived as
> *bhuzunda. Not even the gods in heaven can boast of a greater longevity
> than he among the feathered group, and it is doubtful whether there may be
> another as old as he in times to come.
>
> *vlm.9. There is no one in the womb of this world so long lived as he, nor
> even the gods in heaven, can boast a greater longivity than he among the
> feathered tribe; and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old as
> he in times to come. (Old as Adam and as old as Methuselah).
>
> *jd. sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati
> iha living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long
> ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will
> not be
>
>
>
> स* दीर्घ.आयुः स* नीरागः स* श्रीमान् स* महामतिः ।
>
> sa* dIrgha.Ayu: sa* nIrAga: sa* zrImAn_sa* mahAmati: |
>
> स* विश्रान्त.मतिः शान्तः स* कान्तः काल.कोविदः ॥६।१४।१०॥
>
> sa* vizrAnta.mati: zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida: ||6|14|10||
>
> .
>

> *not only is he long in years *
>
> *: *
>
> *he is dispassionate, and he is glorious to see*
>
> *great.minded, but reposed in a mind at peace *
>
> *a master of the time*
>
> *.*
>
> sa* dIrgha.Ayu:
>
> *He was long in years, *
>
> sa* nIrAga:
>
> *he was dispassionate, *
>
> sa* zrImAn
>
> *he was glorious, *
>
> sa* mahA.mati:
>
> *he was great.minded *
>
> sa* vizrAnta.mati:
>
> *his mind was in repose, *
>
> zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida:
>
> *peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times*
>
> *. *

>
> *vlm.p.10 This old crow was beautiful even in old age. He had become
> passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
> the tranquility of his mind and was graceful as he was full of knowledge of
> all times.
>
> *vlm.10. This crony crow was beauteous even in old age, and had become
> passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
> the tranquility of his mind, and was as graceful as he was full of
> knowledge of all times.
>
> *jd. sa* dIrgha.Ayu: He was long in years, sa* nIrAga: he was
> dispassionate, sa* zrImAn he was glorious, sa* mahA.mati: he was
> great.minded sa* vizrAnta.mati: his mind was in repose, zAnta: sa* kAnta:
> kAla.kovida: peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times.
>
>
>
> स* यथा जीवति खगस् तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।
>
> sa* yathA jIvati khaga:_tathA_iha yadi jIvyate |
>
> तद् भवेद् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च_उदयम् एव च ॥६।१४।११॥
>
> tat_bhavet_jIvita.m puNyam dIrgham ca.udayam eva ca ||6|14|11||
>
> .
>

> *anyone *
>
> *who lives the way this Bird lives *
>
> *leads a life that is meritorious, sacred*
>
> *.*
>
> *that is a life that will be worthy and long*
>
> *. *
>
> *that.he*. yathA*.so/in.this.way.* jIvat*.living.*i . khaga
> *.bird/skygoer.*:
>
> *thus/in.that.way. *iha.*here.in.this.world*. yadi.*if *jIvyat
> *.remaining.alive.*e.
>
> *he* *becomes *
>
> jIvita.*life/lived.*m puNya.*pious/sacred.*m
>
> dIrghayA.*at.length.*m ca.a*nd.too *
>
> udaya.*rising**.*m eva.*very**/only *.* also*

>
> .
>
> * #kha.ga: a sky.going bird; or #khe.cara, a sky.rover.
>
> kAka.bhushuNDa may be a crow called bhushuNDa, or a member of the Crow clan
>
> (with a crow totem). take your pick; or take both! I try to imply both
> senses.
>
> remember we're in indra's Heaven. das....@gmail.com
>
> *vlm.p.11 If anyone may have the long life of this crow, his life becomes
> meritorious and his old age is crowned with wisdom.
>
> *jd. sa* yathA jIvati khaga: just as this bird lives tathA iha yadi
> jIvyate thus here if it is lived tad bhavet jIvita.m puNyam that life
> becomes sacred dIrgham ca udayam eva ca and long indeed arisen.
>
> * sa:.that.he. yathA.so/in.this.way. jIvat.living.i .
> khaga.bird/skygoer.: tathA.thus/in.that.way. iha.here.in.this.world.
> yadi.if . jIvyat.remaining.alive.e. tat.that.one. bhavet.becomes . jIvita.life/lived.m
> puNya.pious/sacred.m . dIrghayA.at.length.m ca.and.too . udaya.rising.m
> eva.very/only . ca.and.too
>
>
>

> *VASISHTHA said—*

>
>
>
> इति तेन भुशुण्डो असौ भूयः पृष्टेन वर्णितः ।
>
> iti tena bhuzuNDa:_asau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |
>
> यथावद् एव देवानाम् सभायाम् सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥६।१४।१२॥
>
> yathAvat_eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||6|14|12||
>
> .
>

> *such were the words of shAtAtapa *
>
> *answering a question straightforwardly and honestly*
>
> *in the Assembly of the Gods*
>
> *.*

> *Bhushunda.QuakeEarth *
>
> *has *
>
> *his Seat *
>
> *there on the highest horn of Mount.meru *
>
> *which I soon reached*
>
> *: *
>
> *the mountain shone with precious stones *
>
> *...*
>
> *bhuzuNDa.: samsthita.: yatra. *
>
> meru*.*o: zRGga*.*m tat*.* uttama*.*m
>
> samprApta*.*vAn kSaNa*.*ena aham*.*
>
> padma*.*rAga*.*maya*.*m bRhat*.*

>
> .
>
> samprAptavAn kSaNena aham
>
> #padmarAga "lotus.hued" a ruby
>
> mayam bRhat
>
> *vlm.14. With this desire, I hastened to the spot, where the crow was said
> to rest in his happy nest; and I reached in a short time, to the summit of
> Meru, which was shining with its precious stones.
>
> *sv.14 Instantly I reached that peak of the mount Meru where Bhusunda
> lived.
>
> *AB. kSaNena aham ... ||
>
>
>
> रत्न.गैरिक.कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि.वर्चसा ।
>
> ratna.gairika.kAntena tejasA vahni.varcasA |
>
> मध्व्.आसव.रसेन_इव रञ्जयत् कखुभाम् गणम् ॥६।१४।१५॥
>
> madhu.Asava.rasena_iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||6|14|15||
>
> .
>
> ...
>

> ratna*.*gairika*.*kAnta*.*ena
>
> tejas*.*A vahni*.*varcas*.*A
>
> madhu*.*Asava*.*rasa*.*ena iva
>
> raJjayat*.* kakhubh*.*Am gaNa*.*m

>
> .
>
> *vlm.15. The peak of the mountain was flaming as fire, with the glare of
> its gems and red earth..gairika, and these painted the upper sky, with the
> bright hue of florid honey and sparkling wine.
>
> *sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>
>
>
> कल्पान्त.ज्वलन.उज्ज्वाला.पिण्ड.अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।
>
> kalpAnta.jvalana.ujjvAlA.piNDa.adrim iva saMcita.m |
>
> इन्द्र.नील.शिखा.धूमम् आलोक.अरुणित.अम्बरम् ॥६।१४।१६॥
>
> indra.nIla.zikhA.dhUmam Aloka.aruNita.ambaram ||6|14|16||
>
> .
>

> kalpAnta*.*jvalana*.*ujjvAlA*.*piNDa*.*adri*.*m iva*.* saMcita*.*m
>
> indra*.*nIla*.*zikhA*.*dhUma*.*m
>
> Aloka*.*aruNita*.*ambara*.*m

> jvAla*.*Abhi: iva*.* mAla*.*Abhi: aruNa*.*Abhi:
>
> paya:*.*mukha*.*m
>
> kha*.*m gantum*.* iva*.*
>
> sa*.*spanda*.*m zaila*.*stha*.*m iva*.* vAdava*.*m

> paricumbat_iv*a.u*nnatam

> zilA.*stone/rock.*vizrAnta*.reposed/ceased.from.*vibudha*.Celestial/wise.*
> mithuna*.pair/couple.*Azrita*.depending.on/resorting.to
> <http://resorting.to>.*kandara*.cave/cavern.*m vara.*Boon/wish\best*
> .ambara*.sky.*ajina*.black.antelope/skin.*m
>
> zubhra*.radiant/white.*gaGgA*.Gangaa.*yajJa.*worship/ritual.*upavIti
> *.Thread.wearing.* ca.a*nd.too*

>
> .
>
> zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.wearing.sacred.cord also
>
> *vlm.24. There the celestials were resorting in pairs to their grottos in
> the mountain, in order to relieve themselves to their trouble of trudging
> over the rugged paths of the craggy mountain; and they were clothed in the
> white vest of the open sky (nudity), and having the stream of ganges
> falling from high for their sacred thread. (Here Meru means any mountain
> and ganga is put for any stream descending from it).
>

> * zilA.*stone/rock.*vizrAnta*.reposed/ceased.from.*vibudha
> *.Celestial/wise.*mithuna*.pair/couple.*Azrita*.depending.on/resorting.to
> <http://resorting.to>.*kandara*.cave/cavern.*m vara.*Boon/wish\best*
> .ambara*.sky.*ajina*.black.antelope/skin.*m zubhra*.radiant/white.*gaGgA
> *.Gangaa.*yajJa.*worship/ritual.*upavIti*.Thread.wearing.* ca.a*nd.too*

>
>
>
> तापसम् पिङ्गलम् इव वेणु.दण्ड.धरम् स्थितम् ।
>
> tApasam piGgalam iva veNu.daNDa.dharam sthita.m |
>
> गङ्गा.निर्झर.निर्ह्रादि लता.गृह.गत.अमरम् ॥६।१४।२५॥
>
> gaGgA.nirjhara.nirhrAdi latA.gRha.gata.amaram ||6|14|25||
>
> .
>
> tApasam piGgalam iva
>
> veNu.daNDa.dharam sthita.m
>
> gaGgA.nirjhara.nirhrAdi
>
> latA.gRha.gata.amaram .
>
> #piGgala
>
> #veNu m. a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute. . y1033.015 .
>
> #nirhrAda: निर्ह्राद sound, noise, humming, murmuring, roaring &c (ifc. f(

> आ).) MBh.&c

> sita*.*harita*.*pIta*.*pATala*.*dhavala*.*i:
>
> vana*.*kusuma*.*rAzi*.*nava*.*raGga*.*i:
>
> divi*.*
>
> vihita*.*amala*.*citra*.*m
>
> lIlAcalam amara*.*yuvati*.*varga*.*sya

>
> .
>
> *vlm.27. His hoary head pierced the silvery region of heaven, and was one
> with it in being the abode of the gods. The many coloured tops of Meru,
> emitting the various colours of the red, white, black, blue, yellow, and
> gray stones that are embodied in its body, lent the sky its variegated hues
> in the morning and evening, while the versicolor blossoms on its tops,
> invited the Heavenly nymphs to their rambles and sports over them.
>
> *sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>
>
>

> *fm6015 *

> *http://goo.gl/k3hRBX <http://goo.gl/k3hRBX> *

>
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 7:50 AM Jiva Das <das....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> FM.6.1-FM.6.49
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ypa3cs25cab8jgs/FM.6.1-FM.6.49.docx?dl=0
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

>> *o*ॐ*m*
>>
>>
>>
>> FM.6.14
>>
>>
>>
>> *KÂKA.the.Crow *
>>
>>
>>
>> *Bhushunda.QuakeEarth*
>>
>>
>>
>> *Monarch of the Crow tribe*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *BHUSHUNDA THE CROW*
>>
>>
>>
>> *On the Peak of Mount Meru*
>>
>>
>>
>> *VASISHTHA THE PLENTIFUL declared–*

>>
>>
>>
>> अस्ति तावद् अनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिद् अयम् किल ।
>>
>> asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila |
>>
>> जगद्.रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृग.तृष्णा मराव्_इव ॥६।१४।१॥
>>
>> jagat.rUpa: parispanda: mRga.tRSNA marau_iva ||6|14|1||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *there is somehow in That boundless infinity*
>>
>> *a vibrant world.form*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *like the projected desert.water seen by a thirsty beast*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> asti tAvat_anantasya tasya kvacit_ayam kila | jagat.rUpa: parispanda:
>> mRga.tRSNA marau_iva
>>
>> .
>>
>> *vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:.The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution
>> of the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in
>> the mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions
>> of the self.same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).
>>
>> *sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness
>> there is a mirage.like world.appearance in one corner, as it were.
>>
>> *jd. अस्ति तावद् There is that.much So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य तस्य of/in
>> that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल somewhere indeed there is this जगद्.रू
>> पः परिस्पन्दः throbbing pari.spanda.very.vibrant world.form, मृग.तृष्णा
>> मरौ_इव like a desert mirage for a thirsty beast as.if seen by a thirsty
>> deer in the desert.
>>
>>
>>
>> तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल.सम्भवः ।
>>
>> tatra kAraNatAm yAta:_brahmA kamala.sambhava: |
>>
>> स्थितः पितामहत्वेन सृष्ट.भूत.भर.भ्रमः ॥६।१४।२॥
>>
>> sthita: pitAmahatvena sRSTa.bhUta.bhara.bhrama: ||6|14|2||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *there*
>>
>> *then*
>>
>> *came to causality*
>>
>> *the god brahmA*
>>
>> *the LotusBorn Ancestor established in this delusion*
>>
>> *this creation bearing its bounty of beings*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> tatra*.there*.aboutThat kAraNatA*m yatas*.from.which/whence*
>>
>> *Brahmâ.the.Immense* kamala*sambhavat.*becoming*: |
>>
>> sthita*.**situate/set*: pitAmaha.tva*.-ity*.ina
>>
>> sRSTa.bhUta.*being/having.become*.bhara*.bearing*.bhrama
>> *.confusion/error*:

>>
>> .
>>
>> *vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of
>> Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been
>> produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all,
>> for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles
>> Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).
>>
>> *sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this
>> world.appearance, dwells there. I am his mind.born son.
>>
>> *jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल.संभवः brahmA
>> the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन established in his Grandpahood सृष्ट.भूत
>> .भर.भ्रमः this creation.creature.bearing.delusion.
>>
>>
>>
>> तस्य_अहम् मानसः पुत्रो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.चेष्टितः ।
>>
>> tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |
>>
>> ऋक्ष.चक्रे ध्रुव.धृते निवसामि युगम् प्रति ॥६।१४।३॥
>>
>> RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||6|14|3||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *I *
>>
>> *am his son, born of his mind*
>>
>> *. vasiShTha .*
>>
>> *dwelling in bounty,*
>>
>> *born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star*
>>
>> *:*
>>
>> *I dwelt there for an entire Age*
>>
>> *...*

>>
>> tasya_aham mAnasa: putra:_vasiSTha: zreSTha.ceSTita: |
>>
>> RkSa.cakre dhruva.dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati
>>

>> *.*

>>
>> * RkSacakra Constellation of the Bear: RkSha.chakra the Bear.wheel the
>> Pleiades the "Seven Sages", a constellation in which seven stars were seen
>> in ancient days.only six can be seen today..called RkSha the Bear through
>> confusion with the word RShi. y7132.006. The birthplace of vasiShTha.
>>
>> *jd. तस्य अहं मानसः पुत्रः I am the son of his mind वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ.
>> चेष्टितः vasiShTha, dwelling in bounty ऋक्ष.चक्रे in the constellation
>> of the Bear ध्रुव.धृते borne by the pole star निवसामि युगं प्रति I dwelt
>> for a Yoga Age.
>>
>>
>>
>> सो ऽहम् कदाचिद् आस्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन् शत.क्रतोः ।
>>
>> sa:_aham kadAcit_AsthAne svarge tiSThan zata.krato: |
>>
>> श्रुतवान् नारद.आदिभ्यः कथाम् सुचिर.जीविताम् ॥६।१४।४॥
>>
>> zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: kathAm sucira.jIvitAm ||6|14|4||
>>
>> .
>>
>> ...
>>

>> *now, I was dwelling, at some time, in indra's svarga.Heaven*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *there I heard*
>>
>> *.from nArada.ManGift and othersuch .*
>>
>> *the story of the long life of *
>>
>> *shata.kratu *
>>
>> *LORD INDRA OF THE HUNDRED SACRIFICES *

>>
>> .
>>
>> *zatakratu the name and rank of इन्द्र indra given to one who has
>> offered a hundred अश्व.मेधs ashva.medha Horse.sacrifices • cf. Gk.
>> hekatombaios, "hecatomb").
>>
>> VLM. ... I heard the accounts of many long living persons ... • sv....
>> long.lived beings.
>>
>> *jd. sa:_aham kadA.cid This "I" somewhen tiSThan AsthAne svarge having
>> residence in svarga Heaven zrutavAn nArada.Adibhya: hearing from nArada
>> ManGift &c kathAm sucira.jIvitAm zata.krato: a tale of the long life of an
>> INDRA OF THE HUNDRED.OFFERINGS kratus ....
>>
>> #kratu .m.. resolution, determination; purpose; desire, will (instr.
>> #kratvA, willingly, readily; ekena kratunA, through the mere wil); power,
>> ability; intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, good
>> understanding); a sacrificial rite (as the Azva.medha sacrifice), offering,
>> worship (also personified); Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of
>> brahmA and one of the prajApatis); Kratu the Willing, one of the seven
>> RSis. . y1033.025; y6066.020 .
>>
>> #zatakratu: .. N. of इन्द्र *indra (a hundred अश्व.मेध Horse.Sacrifices
>> elevating the sacrificer to the rank of इन्द्र indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος

>> <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?la=greek&l=E%28KATOMBAI%3DOS>
>> ) MBh.Ka1v. &c (cf. क्षिति.शतक्र्°).

>>
>>
>>
>> कथा.प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र_अभ्युवाच ह ।
>>
>> kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |
>>
>> शातात पोx नाम मुनिर् मौनी मानी महामतिः ॥६।१४।५॥
>>
>> zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||6|14|5||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *when the tale was told*
>>
>> *somewhere somewhen*
>>
>> *then*
>>
>> *there spoke.up*
>>
>> *THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS*
>>
>> *of many.mannered mighty mind*
>>
>> *&*
>>
>> *these were his words:–*

>>
>> .
>>
>> kathA.prasaGge kasmin.cit_
>>
>> atha tatra_abhyuvAca ha |
>>
>> zAtAtapa:_nAma muni:_
>>
>> maunI mAnI mahAmati:
>>
>> .
>>
>> *zAtAtapa perhaps the lawmaker of vRddha.zAtAtapa. I take him to be so in
>> y6014.
>>
>> *vlm.5. There was once on a time the sage Sálatapá among them; who was a
>> person of great understanding, a man of honor and taciturn in his speech;
>> and said by way of conversation:..
>>
>> *sv.5 In the course of this discussion, the great sage Satatapa said:
>>
>>
>>

>> *SHÂTÂTAPA the Muni of a hundred heats–*

>>
>>
>>
>> मेरोर् ईशान.कोण.स्थे पद्म.राग.मये दिवि ।
>>
>> mero:_IzAna.koNa.sthe padma.rAga.maye divi |
>>
>> अस्ति कल्प.तरुः श्रीमान् शृङ्गे चूत* इति श्रुतः ॥६।१४।६॥
>>
>> asti kalpa.taru: zrImAn zRGge cUta* iti zruta: ||6|14|6||
>>
>> .
>>
>> on the northeast peak of Mount meru
>>
>> that is lotus.lovely in the sky
>>
>> there is said to be
>>
>> a kalpa*Tree
>>
>> looking the like of a mango tree
>>
>> .
>>
>> just at the top
>>
>> ...
>>

>> meror*.of Mount.Meru.*IzAna*.northeast/Rudra.Shiva.*koNa
>> *.corner/quarter.*stha.*place/situate.*e
>>
>> padma.*lotus**/Padma.*rAgamaya*.pleasuremaking.*e divi*.in sky/heaven. *
>>
>> asti.*is/exists*.kalpataru.*Doomsday.tree.*: zrImAn
>>
>> zRGga*.*e cUta*.* iti*.* zruta*.*:

>>
>> .
>>
>> meror. IzAna.koNa.sthe
>>
>> – on the northeast peak of Mount Meru
>>
>> padma.rAgamaya.e divi.
>>
>> – lotus.lovely in the sky
>>
>> asti. kalpataru.: zrImAn
>>
>> – there is a wonderful Kalpa.Tree
>>
>> zRGga.e cUta. iti. zruta.:
>>
>> – at the top, a mango tree is known….
>>
>> *vlm.6. That there was in the north east summit of Mount Meru, a spot
>> full of sparkling gems, where there was a Kalpa.Tree of the chuta or mango
>> kind, which yielded its fruits in all seasons of the year.
>>
>> * Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven,
>> that fulfil all desires.
>>

>> #cUTa.*mango.Tree*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango

>>
>>
>>
>> तस्य कल्प.तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण.स्कन्ध.कोटरे ।
>>
>> tasya kalpa.taro:_mUrdhni dakSiNa.skandha.koTare |
>>
>> कल.धौत.लटा.प्रोते विद्यते विहग.आलयः ॥६।१४।७॥
>>
>> kala.dhauta.laTA.prote vidyate vihaga.Alaya: ||6|14|7||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *just at the very top of the Kalpa.Tree*
>>
>> *within the hollow of a branch*
>>
>> *with a southern exposure*
>>
>> *there*
>>
>> *festooned with golden flowers*
>>
>> *is a nest*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *of/for *tasya*.* kalpa*.*taru*.*o:_mUrdhni*.*
>>
>> dakSiNa*.*skandha*.*koTara*.*e
>>
>> kala*.*dhauta*.*laTA*.*prota*.*e
>>
>> vidyate*.* vihaga*.*Alaya*.*:

>>
>> .
>>
>> * Kalpa.Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven,
>> that fulfil all desires.
>>
>> here it looks like a chUta mango tree.
>>
>>
>>
>> तस्मिन् निवसति श्रीमान् भुशुण्डो नाम वायसः ।
>>
>> tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_nAma vAyasa: |
>>
>> वीतरागो बृहत्.कोशे ब्रह्मा_इव निज.पङ्कजे ॥६।१४।८॥
>>
>> vItarAga:_bRhat.koze brahmA_iva nija.paGkaje ||6|14|8||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *there *
>>
>> *dwells the Glorious bhushuNDa.Earthshaker *
>>
>> *(such is his name)*
>>
>> *a Crow*
>>
>> *free from passion,*
>>
>> *resting on that great peak as brahmA is seated on his lotus"*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> tasmin*.* nivasat*.*i zrImAn*.* bhuzuNDa*.*: nAma*.* vAyasa*.*:
>>
>> vItarAga*.*:_bRhat*.*koza*.*e brahmA*.* iva*.* nija*.*paGkaja*.*e

>>
>> .
>>
>> *vlm.p.8 Among them there was a nest belonging to an old crow named
>> *bhuzunda who lived quite happy with himself, just as the god brahma dwells
>> content in his lotus bed.
>>
>> *vlm.8. Among them there was a crow's nest, belonging to one old raven by
>> name of Bhusunda, who lived quite happy with himself; as the god Brahmá
>> dwells content in his lotus.bed.
>>
>>
>>
>> स* यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश् चिरम् ।
>>
>> sa* yathA jagatAm koze jIvati_iha surA:_ciram |
>>
>> चिरंजीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥६।१४।९॥
>>
>> ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUta:_na bhaviSyati ||6|14|9||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *not in the length & breadth of this wide world*
>>
>> *and*
>>
>> *not among the Gods in indra's heaven*
>>
>> *has anyone ever lived so long a life as he*
>>
>> *.*

>>
>> sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati iha
>> living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long
>> ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will
>> not be
>>
>> *vlm.p.9 There is no one in the womb of this world who is as long lived
>> as *bhuzunda. Not even the gods in heaven can boast of a greater longevity
>> than he among the feathered group, and it is doubtful whether there may be
>> another as old as he in times to come.
>>
>> *vlm.9. There is no one in the womb of this world so long lived as he,
>> nor even the gods in heaven, can boast a greater longivity than he among
>> the feathered tribe; and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old
>> as he in times to come. (Old as Adam and as old as Methuselah).
>>
>> *jd. sa* yathA such a one jagatAm koze in the scope of the world jIvati
>> iha living here svarge in heaven surAz ciram the sura Brightlings for.long
>> ciraM.jIvI tathA long.living thus na bhUta: has not been na bhaviSyati will
>> not be
>>
>>
>>
>> स* दीर्घ.आयुः स* नीरागः स* श्रीमान् स* महामतिः ।
>>
>> sa* dIrgha.Ayu: sa* nIrAga: sa* zrImAn_sa* mahAmati: |
>>
>> स* विश्रान्त.मतिः शान्तः स* कान्तः काल.कोविदः ॥६।१४।१०॥
>>
>> sa* vizrAnta.mati: zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida: ||6|14|10||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *not only is he long in years *
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *he is dispassionate, and he is glorious to see*
>>
>> *great.minded, but reposed in a mind at peace *
>>
>> *a master of the time*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> sa* dIrgha.Ayu:
>>
>> *He was long in years, *
>>
>> sa* nIrAga:
>>
>> *he was dispassionate, *
>>
>> sa* zrImAn
>>
>> *he was glorious, *
>>
>> sa* mahA.mati:
>>
>> *he was great.minded *
>>
>> sa* vizrAnta.mati:
>>
>> *his mind was in repose, *
>>
>> zAnta: sa* kAnta: kAla.kovida:
>>
>> *peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times*
>>
>> *. *

>>
>> *vlm.p.10 This old crow was beautiful even in old age. He had become
>> passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
>> the tranquility of his mind and was graceful as he was full of knowledge of
>> all times.
>>
>> *vlm.10. This crony crow was beauteous even in old age, and had become
>> passionless and great.minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
>> the tranquility of his mind, and was as graceful as he was full of
>> knowledge of all times.
>>
>> *jd. sa* dIrgha.Ayu: He was long in years, sa* nIrAga: he was
>> dispassionate, sa* zrImAn he was glorious, sa* mahA.mati: he was
>> great.minded sa* vizrAnta.mati: his mind was in repose, zAnta: sa* kAnta:
>> kAla.kovida: peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times.
>>
>>
>>
>> स* यथा जीवति खगस् तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।
>>
>> sa* yathA jIvati khaga:_tathA_iha yadi jIvyate |
>>
>> तद् भवेद् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च_उदयम् एव च ॥६।१४।११॥
>>
>> tat_bhavet_jIvita.m puNyam dIrgham ca.udayam eva ca ||6|14|11||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *anyone *
>>
>> *who lives the way this Bird lives *
>>
>> *leads a life that is meritorious, sacred*
>>
>> *.*
>>
>> *that is a life that will be worthy and long*
>>
>> *. *
>>
>> *that.he*. yathA*.so/in.this.way.* jIvat*.living.*i . khaga
>> *.bird/skygoer.*:
>>
>> *thus/in.that.way. *iha.*here.in.this.world*. yadi.*if *jIvyat
>> *.remaining.alive.*e.
>>
>> *he* *becomes *
>>
>> jIvita.*life/lived.*m puNya.*pious/sacred.*m
>>
>> dIrghayA.*at.length.*m ca.a*nd.too *
>>
>> udaya.*rising**.*m eva.*very**/only *.* also*

>>
>> .
>>
>> * #kha.ga: a sky.going bird; or #khe.cara, a sky.rover.
>>
>> kAka.bhushuNDa may be a crow called bhushuNDa, or a member of the Crow
>> clan
>>
>> (with a crow totem). take your pick; or take both! I try to imply both
>> senses.
>>
>> remember we're in indra's Heaven. das....@gmail.com
>>
>> *vlm.p.11 If anyone may have the long life of this crow, his life becomes
>> meritorious and his old age is crowned with wisdom.
>>
>> *jd. sa* yathA jIvati khaga: just as this bird lives tathA iha yadi
>> jIvyate thus here if it is lived tad bhavet jIvita.m puNyam that life
>> becomes sacred dIrgham ca udayam eva ca and long indeed arisen.
>>
>> * sa:.that.he. yathA.so/in.this.way. jIvat.living.i .
>> khaga.bird/skygoer.: tathA.thus/in.that.way. iha.here.in.this.world.
>> yadi.if . jIvyat.remaining.alive.e. tat.that.one. bhavet.becomes . jIvita.life/lived.m
>> puNya.pious/sacred.m . dIrghayA.at.length.m ca.and.too . udaya.rising.m
>> eva.very/only . ca.and.too
>>
>>
>>

>> *VASISHTHA said—*

>>
>>
>>
>> इति तेन भुशुण्डो असौ भूयः पृष्टेन वर्णितः ।
>>
>> iti tena bhuzuNDa:_asau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |
>>
>> यथावद् एव देवानाम् सभायाम् सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥६।१४।१२॥
>>
>> yathAvat_eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||6|14|12||
>>
>> .
>>

>> *such were the words of shAtAtapa *
>>
>> *answering a question straightforwardly and honestly*
>>
>> *in the Assembly of the Gods*
>>
>> *.*

>> *Bhushunda.QuakeEarth *
>>
>> *has *
>>
>> *his Seat *
>>
>> *there on the highest horn of Mount.meru *
>>
>> *which I soon reached*
>>
>> *: *
>>
>> *the mountain shone with precious stones *
>>
>> *...*
>>
>> *bhuzuNDa.: samsthita.: yatra. *
>>
>> meru*.*o: zRGga*.*m tat*.* uttama*.*m
>>
>> samprApta*.*vAn kSaNa*.*ena aham*.*
>>
>> padma*.*rAga*.*maya*.*m bRhat*.*

>>
>> .
>>
>> samprAptavAn kSaNena aham
>>
>> #padmarAga "lotus.hued" a ruby
>>
>> mayam bRhat
>>
>> *vlm.14. With this desire, I hastened to the spot, where the crow was
>> said to rest in his happy nest; and I reached in a short time, to the
>> summit of Meru, which was shining with its precious stones.
>>
>> *sv.14 Instantly I reached that peak of the mount Meru where Bhusunda
>> lived.
>>
>> *AB. kSaNena aham ... ||
>>
>>
>>
>> रत्न.गैरिक.कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि.वर्चसा ।
>>
>> ratna.gairika.kAntena tejasA vahni.varcasA |
>>
>> मध्व्.आसव.रसेन_इव रञ्जयत् कखुभाम् गणम् ॥६।१४।१५॥
>>
>> madhu.Asava.rasena_iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||6|14|15||
>>
>> .
>>
>> ...
>>

>> ratna*.*gairika*.*kAnta*.*ena
>>
>> tejas*.*A vahni*.*varcas*.*A
>>
>> madhu*.*Asava*.*rasa*.*ena iva
>>
>> raJjayat*.* kakhubh*.*Am gaNa*.*m

>>
>> .
>>
>> *vlm.15. The peak of the mountain was flaming as fire, with the glare of
>> its gems and red earth..gairika, and these painted the upper sky, with the
>> bright hue of florid honey and sparkling wine.
>>
>> *sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>
>>
>>
>> कल्पान्त.ज्वलन.उज्ज्वाला.पिण्ड.अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।
>>
>> kalpAnta.jvalana.ujjvAlA.piNDa.adrim iva saMcita.m |
>>
>> इन्द्र.नील.शिखा.धूमम् आलोक.अरुणित.अम्बरम् ॥६।१४।१६॥
>>
>> indra.nIla.zikhA.dhUmam Aloka.aruNita.ambaram ||6|14|16||
>>
>> .
>>

>> kalpAnta*.*jvalana*.*ujjvAlA*.*piNDa*.*adri*.*m iva*.* saMcita*.*m
>>
>> indra*.*nIla*.*zikhA*.*dhUma*.*m
>>
>> Aloka*.*aruNita*.*ambara*.*m

>> jvAla*.*Abhi: iva*.* mAla*.*Abhi: aruNa*.*Abhi:
>>
>> paya:*.*mukha*.*m
>>
>> kha*.*m gantum*.* iva*.*
>>
>> sa*.*spanda*.*m zaila*.*stha*.*m iva*.* vAdava*.*m

>> paricumbat_iv*a.u*nnatam

>> .पेटिका). • *viTapapeTaka .m/n.. a bunch of rogues. . #peT*aka.m *>kR,

>> with instr. "to join or consort with"
>>
>>
>>
>> दन्त.ताल.दल.अवल्या परिहासाद् इव स्फुरत् ।
>>
>> danta.tAla.dala.avalyA parihAsAt_iva sphurat |
>>
>> दोलालोल.अप्सरो.वृन्दम् उदार.मद.मन्मथम् ॥६।१४।२३॥
>>
>> dolAlola.apsara:.vRndam udAra.mada.manmatha.m ||6|14|23||
>>
>> .
>>
>> danta.tAla.dala.avali.yA
>>
>> parihAsa.At iva. sphurat.
>>
>> dolAlola.apsara.:.vRnda.m
>>
>> udAra.mada.manmatha.m
>>
>> .
>>
>> *vlm.23. Here the lofty palm trees seemed to be smiling with shewing
>> their teeth in their denticulated leaves, on seeing the giddy groups of
>> Apsaras, swinging and strolling about loosely in their amorous dalliances
>> under their shade.
>>
>>
>>
>> शिला.विश्रान्त.विबुध.मिथुन.आश्रित.कन्दरम् ।
>>
>> zilA.vizrAnta.vibudha.mithuna.Azrita.kandaram |
>>
>> वर.अम्बर.अजिनम् शुभ्र.गङ्गा.यज्ञ.उपवीति च ॥६।१४।२४॥
>>
>> vara.ambara.ajinam zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.upavIti ca ||6|14|24||
>>
>> .
>>

>> zilA.*stone/rock.*vizrAnta*.reposed/ceased.from.*vibudha
>> *.Celestial/wise.*mithuna*.pair/couple.*Azrita*.depending.on/resorting.to
>> <http://resorting.to>.*kandara*.cave/cavern.*m vara.*Boon/wish\best*
>> .ambara*.sky.*ajina*.black.antelope/skin.*m
>>
>> zubhra*.radiant/white.*gaGgA*.Gangaa.*yajJa.*worship/ritual.*upavIti
>> *.Thread.wearing.* ca.a*nd.too*

>>
>> .
>>
>> zubhra.gaGgA.yajJa.wearing.sacred.cord also
>>
>> *vlm.24. There the celestials were resorting in pairs to their grottos in
>> the mountain, in order to relieve themselves to their trouble of trudging
>> over the rugged paths of the craggy mountain; and they were clothed in the
>> white vest of the open sky (nudity), and having the stream of ganges
>> falling from high for their sacred thread. (Here Meru means any mountain
>> and ganga is put for any stream descending from it).
>>

>> * zilA.*stone/rock.*vizrAnta*.reposed/ceased.from.*vibudha
>> *.Celestial/wise.*mithuna*.pair/couple.*Azrita*.depending.on/resorting.to
>> <http://resorting.to>.*kandara*.cave/cavern.*m vara.*Boon/wish\best*
>> .ambara*.sky.*ajina*.black.antelope/skin.*m zubhra*.radiant/white.*gaGgA
>> *.Gangaa.*yajJa.*worship/ritual.*upavIti*.Thread.wearing.* ca.a*nd.too*

>> sita*.*harita*.*pIta*.*pATala*.*dhavala*.*i:
>>
>> vana*.*kusuma*.*rAzi*.*nava*.*raGga*.*i:
>>
>> divi*.*
>>
>> vihita*.*amala*.*citra*.*m
>>
>> lIlAcalam amara*.*yuvati*.*varga*.*sya

>>
>> .
>>
>> *vlm.27. His hoary head pierced the silvery region of heaven, and was one
>> with it in being the abode of the gods. The many coloured tops of Meru,
>> emitting the various colours of the red, white, black, blue, yellow, and
>> gray stones that are embodied in its body, lent the sky its variegated hues
>> in the morning and evening, while the versicolor blossoms on its tops,
>> invited the Heavenly nymphs to their rambles and sports over them.
>>
>> *sv.15.27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>
>>
>>

>> *fm6015 *

>> *http://goo.gl/k3hRBX <http://goo.gl/k3hRBX> *

>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:15 PM jivadas <das....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> work in progress .v17
>>>
>>> work in progress .v15,16
>>>
>>> latest update:
>>>
>>> fm6014 2.jl19 bhushuNDa—On the Peak of Mount meru .z27
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/edoxn3ebr2pkras/fm6014%202.jl19%20bhushuNDa%E2%80%94ON%20THE%20PEAK%20OF%20MOUNT%20MERU%20.z27.docx?dl=0
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>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7i8tot2lv0m6eu/bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth.docx?dl=0
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *
>>>
>>> काक
>>>
>>> kAka
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> the Crow
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> bhuShuNDa.QuakeEarth
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Monarch of the Crow tribe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Crow"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> * I lost the Link to this transtemporal photo of The Crow;
>>>
>>> if U know how to do a google.images search from this copy,
>>>
>>> please show me how
>>>
>>> so I can accredit this marvelous
>>>
>>> likeness
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>> Ott.char. #*kAka-bhuSuNDa: *– the Crow bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth, y6014 &c&c.
>>> #*kAka: *(onomat. imitation of his *caw*) • a *Crow* *mbh. R. •

>>> (metaphorically, as an expression of contempt e.g. #na tvAM kAkam manye
>>> ["U're worse than a Crow, that's wot I think"] • an impudent or insolent

>>> fellow [an asshole] L •• #*kAkI* a *female* Crow • the Mother of Crows
>>> (hariv.222) and Owls (mbh.1.2620) • **kAkam* – (in Eng. venery, "a
>>> Murder of Crows"), an assembly of Crows • a modus coeundi [*Latin* for

>>> a method of intercourse which MW's source does not define, but suggestive

>>> of orgy)] Lex. + *#bhushuNDa *is Monarch of the Crows on Mount.himAlaya

>>> • his name is of uncertain origin • MW finds a #bhushuNDi, a missile which
>>> I have named the "Quake.Earth" missile, suggesting that our kAka has known
>>> the life of a warrior
>>>
>>> +
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> |
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>>> *O*ॐm
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> *O*ॐm
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>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7i8tot2lv0m6eu/bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth.docx?dl=0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *bhushuNDa the Crow*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *On the Peak of Mount Meru*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *vasiShTha said—*

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> अस्ति तावd aनन्तस्य तस्य क्वचिd aयं किल ।
>>>
>>> जगद्रूपः परिस्पन्दो मृगतृष्णा मराv_iव ॥१॥
>>>
>>> asti tAvad_anantasya tasya kvacid_ayam kila |
>>>

>>> jaga*t*-rUpa: parispanda: mRga-tRSNA marau _iva ||1||
>>>
>>> *. *
>>>
>>> *there is somehow in That boundless infinity*
>>>
>>> *a vibrant world-form*
>>>
>>> *:*
>>>
>>> *like the projected desert.water seen by a thirsty beast*
>>>
>>> *.*

>>>
>>> *jd. अस्ति तावद् – There is that-much – So far as that goes, अनन्तस्य
>>> तस्य – of/in that boundlessness क्वचिद्_अयं किल – somewhere indeed
>>> there is this जगद्-रूपः परिस्पन्दः – throbbing pari.spanda-very.vibrant
>>> world-form, मृग-तृष्णा मरौ_इव – like a desert mirage for a thirsty
>>> beast as.if seen by a thirsty deer in the desert.
>>>
>>> ~vlm.1 VASISHTHA related:-The vast universe, O Ráma! is but an evolution
>>> of the will of the Infinite Brahma, just as the various representations in
>>> the mirage, are but eversions of solar rays. (Or these are the reflexions
>>> of the self-same Deity, as the Fatamorgana are the reflex of solar light).
>>>
>>> ~sv.1 VASISTHA continued: In the infinite and indivisible consciousness
>>> there is a mirage-like world-appearance in one corner, as it were.
>>>

>>> 2 *Ø*

>>>
>>> तत्र कारणताम् यातो ब्रह्मा कमल-सम्भव: ।
>>>
>>> स्थित: पिता-महत्वेन सृष्ट-भूत-भर-भ्रम: ॥२॥
>>>
>>> tatra kAraNatAm yAto brahmA kamala-sambhava: |
>>>
>>> sthita: pitA-mahatvena sRSTa-bhUta-bhara-bhrama: ||2||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *there*
>>>
>>> *then*
>>>
>>> *came to causality*
>>>
>>> *the god brahmA*
>>>
>>> *the LotusBorn Ancestor established in this delusion*
>>>
>>> *this creation bearing its bounty of beings*
>>>
>>> *. *

>>>
>>> ~vlm.2. Here the divine Brahmá that is born of the lotiform navel of
>>> Brahmá, takes the title of the creator and preserver of all, that has been
>>> produced by the supreme spirit; and is called also the great father of all,
>>> for his producing the prime progenitors of mankind. (Here Brahmá resembles
>>> Adam of the [Xtian] scriptures).
>>>
>>> ~sv.2 The creator Brahma, who is the apparent cause for this
>>> world-appearance, dwells there. I am his mind-born son.
>>>
>>> *jd. तत्र कारणतां यातः – there then came to causation ब्रह्मा कमल-संभवः
>>> – brahmA the LotusBorn स्थितः पितामहत्वेन – established in his
>>> Grandpahood सृष्ट-भूत-भर-भ्रमः – this
>>> creation-creature-bearing-delusion.
>>>

>>> 3 *Ø*

>>>
>>> तस्य अहं मानस-: पुत्रो वसिष्ठ: श्रेष्ठ-चेष्टित: ।
>>>
>>> ऋक्ष-चक्रे ध्रुव-धृते निवसामि युगं प्रति ॥३॥
>>>
>>> tasya _aham mAnasa: putra:_ vasiSTha: zreSTha-ceSTita: |
>>>
>>> RkSa-cakre dhruva-dhRte nivasAmi yugam prati ||03||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *I *
>>>
>>> *am his son, born of his mind*
>>>
>>> *— vasiShTha —*
>>>
>>> *dwelling in bounty,*
>>>
>>> *born in the constellation of the Bear* that circles the pole star*
>>>
>>> *:*
>>>
>>> *I dwelt there for an entire Age*
>>>
>>> *...*

>>>
>>> * RkSacakra Constellation of the Bear: RkSha-chakra – the Bear-wheel
>>> the Pleiades – the "Seven Sages", a constellation in which seven stars were
>>> seen in ancient days—only six can be seen today--called RkSha the Bear
>>> through confusion with the word RShi. y7132.006. The birthplace of
>>> vasiShTha.
>>>
>>> *jd. तस्य अहं मानसः पुत्रः – I am the son of his mind वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठ-
>>> चेष्टितः – vasiShTha, dwelling in bounty ऋक्ष-चक्रे – in the
>>> constellation of the Bear ध्रुव-धृते – borne by the pole star निवसामि
>>> युगं प्रति – I dwelt for a Yoga Age.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> सोऽअहं कदाचिदास्थाने स्वर्गे तिष्ठन्शतक्रतोः ।
>>>
>>> so_aham kadA.cid_AsthAne svarge tiSThan_zata-krato: |
>>>
>>> श्रुतवान्नारदादिभ्यः कथां सुचिरजीविताम् ॥४॥
>>>
>>> zrutavAn_nArada-Adibhya: kathAm sucira-jIvitAm ||04||
>>>
>>> ...
>>>

>>> *now, I was dwelling, at some time, in indra's svarga.Heaven*
>>>
>>> *: *
>>>
>>> *there I heard*
>>>
>>> *—from nArada.ManGift and othersuch —*
>>>
>>> *the story of the long life of *
>>>
>>> *shata-kratu *
>>>
>>> *LORD INDRA OF THE HUNDRED SACRIFICES *
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ***
>>>
>>> *!*
>>>
>>> *. *

>>>
>>> *zatakratu – the name and rank of इन्द्र indra given to one who has
>>> offered a hundred अश्व-मेधs ashva.medha Horse-sacrifices • cf. Gk. hekatombaios,
>>> "hecatomb").
>>>
>>> vlm. ... I heard the accounts of many long living persons ... • sv....
>>> long-lived beings.
>>>

>>> *jd. sa:_aham kadA.cid *This "I" somewhen *tiSThan AsthAne svarge *having
>>> residence in svarga Heaven *zrutavAn nArada-Adibhya: *hearing from
>>> nArada ManGift &c *kathAm sucira-jIvitAm zata-krato: *a tale of the
>>> long life of an INDRA OF THE HUNDRED.OFFERINGS kratus .... *
>>>
>>> #*kratu* -m.- resolution, determination; purpose; desire, will (instr.

>>> #kratvA, willingly, readily; ekena kratunA, through the mere wil); power,
>>> ability; intelligence, understanding (e.g. bhadra kratu, good
>>> understanding); a sacrificial rite (as the Azva-medha sacrifice), offering,
>>> worship (also personified); Kratu as intelligence personified (as a son of

>>> brahm*A* and one of the prajApatis); Kratu the Willing, one of the seven RSis.
>>> — y1033.025; y6066.020 .
>>>
>>> #*zatakratu:* -. N. of इन्द्र *indra (a hundred अश्व-मेध

>>> Horse.Sacrifices elevating the sacrificer to the rank of इन्द्र
>>> indra; cf. Gk. ἑκατομβαῖος

>>> <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?la=greek&l=E%28KATOMBAI%3DOS>
>>> ) MBh.Ka1v. &c (cf. क्षिति-शतक्र्°).
>>>
>>> 5 *Ø*

>>>
>>> कथा-प्रसङ्गे कस्मिंश्.चिद् अथ तत्र अभ्युवाच ह ।
>>>
>>> kathA-prasaGge kasmiMz.cid atha tatra abhyuvAca ha |
>>>
>>> शातातप: नाम मुनिर्_मौनी मानी महामति: ॥५॥
>>>
>>> zAtAtapa: nAma munir_maunI mAnI mahAmati: ||5||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *when the tale was told*
>>>
>>> *somewhere somewhen*
>>>
>>> *then*
>>>
>>> *there spoke.up*
>>>
>>> *THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS*
>>>
>>> *of many-mannered mighty mind*
>>>
>>> *&*
>>>
>>> *these were his words:**–*

>>>
>>> *zAtAtapa – perhaps the lawmaker of vRddha.zAtAtapa. I take him to be so
>>> in y6014.
>>>
>>> ~vlm.5. There was once on a time the sage Sálatapá among them; who was a
>>> person of great understanding, a man of honor and taciturn in his speech;
>>> and said by way of conversation:--
>>>
>>> ~sv.5 In the course of this discussion, the great sage Satatapa said:
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>> *shAtAtapa THE muni OF A HUNDRED HEATS— *

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> मेरोर्_ईशान-कोण-स्थे पद्म.राग-मये दिवि ।
>>>
>>> meror IzAna-koNa-sthe padma.rAga-maye divi |
>>>
>>> अस्ति कल्प-तरु: श्रीमाञ् छृङ्गे चूत इति श्रुत: ॥6॥
>>>
>>> asti kalpa-taru: zrImAJ chRGge cUta iti zruta: ||6||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *on the northeast peak of Mount meru*
>>>
>>> *that is lotus.lovely in the sky*
>>>
>>> *there is said to be*
>>>
>>> *a kalpa*Tree*
>>>
>>> *looking the like of a mango tree*
>>>
>>> *.*
>>>
>>> *just at the top*
>>>
>>> *...*

>>>
>>> ~vlm.6. That there was in the north east summit of Mount Meru, a spot
>>> full of sparkling gems, where there was a kalpa tree of the chuta or mango
>>> kind, which yielded its fruits in all seasons of the year.
>>>
>>> * kalpa Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven,
>>> that fulfil all desires.
>>>

>>> meror IzAna-koNa-sthe – *on the northeast peak of Mount Meru *padma-rAgamaye

>>> divi – lotus-lovely in the sky asti kalpa-taru: zrImAn – there is a
>>> wonderful kalpa Tree zRGge cUta iti zruta: – at the top, a mango tree
>>> is known….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/rloaxp40yppfqey/cUTa%20mango.docx?dl=0
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> cUTa.mango Tree
>>>
>>> (wikipedia)
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> तस्य कल्प-तरोर् मूर्ध्नि दक्षिण-स्कन्ध-कोटरे ।
>>>
>>> tasya kalpa-taror mUrdhni dakSiNa-skandha-koTare |
>>>
>>> कलधौत-लटा-प्रोते विद्यते विहग-आलय: ॥७॥
>>>
>>> kaladhauta-laTA-prote vidyate vihaga-Alaya: ||7||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *just at the very top of the kalpa Tree*
>>>
>>> *within the hollow of a branch*
>>>
>>> *with a southern exposure*
>>>
>>> *there*
>>>
>>> *festooned with golden flowers*
>>>
>>> *is a nest*
>>>
>>> *.*

>>>
>>> * kalpa Tree: one of the five Wishing.trees of indra's svarga Heaven,
>>> that fulfil all desires.
>>>
>>> here it looks like a chUta mango tree.
>>>

>>> 8 *Ø*

>>>
>>> तस्मिn niवसति श्रीमाn bhuशुण्डो नाम वायस: ।
>>>
>>> वीतरागो बृहt.koशे ब्रह्मेव निजपङ्कजे ॥८॥
>>>
>>> tasmin nivasati zrImAn bhuzuNDa:_ nAma vAyasa: |
>>>
>>> vItarAga:_ bRhat.koze brahmA _iva nija-paGkaje ||08||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *there *
>>>
>>> *dwells the Glorious bhushuNDa.Earthshaker *
>>>
>>> *(such is his name)*
>>>
>>> *a Crow*
>>>
>>> *free from passion,*
>>>
>>> *resting on that great peak as brahmA is seated on his lotus"*
>>>
>>> *. *

>>>
>>> ~vlm.8. Among them there was a crow's nest, belonging to one old raven
>>> by name of Bhusunda, who lived quite happy with himself; as the god Brahmá
>>> dwells content in his lotus-bed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> स यथा जगताम् कोशे जीवति_इह सुराश्-चिरम् ।
>>>
>>> sa yathA jagatAm koze jIvatIha surAzciram |
>>>
>>> चिरम्-जीवी तथा स्वर्गे न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥९॥
>>>
>>> ciraMjIvI tathA svarge na bhUto na bhaviSyati ||09||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *not in the length & breadth of this wide world*
>>>
>>> *and*
>>>
>>> *not among the Gods in indra's heaven*
>>>
>>> *has anyone ever lived so long a life as he*
>>>
>>> *.*

>>>
>>> *jd. sa yathA – such a one – jagatAm koze – in the scope of the world
>>> jIvati iha – living here – svarge – in heaven surAz ciram – the sura
>>> Brightlings for.long ciraM-jIvI tathA – long-living thus na bhUta: – has
>>> not been na bhaviSyati – will not be
>>>
>>> ~vlm.9. There is no one in the womb of this world so long lived as he,
>>> nor even the gods in heaven, can boast a greater longivity than he among
>>> the feathered tribe; and it is doubtful whether there may be another as old
>>> as he in times to come. (Old as Adam and as old as Methuselah).
>>>

>>> 10 *Ø*

>>>
>>> स दीर्घ-आयु: स नीराग: स श्रीमान्_स महामति: ।
>>>
>>> स विश्रान्त-मति: शान्त: स कान्त: काल-कोविद: ॥10॥
>>>
>>> sa dIrgha-Ayu: sa nIrAga: sa zrImAn_sa mahAmati: |
>>>
>>> sa vizrAnta-mati: zAnta: sa kAnta: kAla-kovida: ||10||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *not only** is he long in years *
>>>
>>> *: *
>>>
>>> *he is dispassionate, and he is glorious to see*
>>>
>>> *great.minded, but reposed in a mind at peace *
>>>
>>> *a master of the time*
>>>
>>> *.*

>>>
>>> ~vlm.10. This crony crow was beauteous even in old age, and had become
>>> passionless and great-minded by his long experience. He remained quiet with
>>> the tranquility of his mind, and was as graceful as he was full of
>>> knowledge of all times.
>>>
>>> *jd. sa dIrgha-Ayu: He was long in years, sa nIrAga: he was
>>> dispassionate, sa zrImAn he was glorious, sa mahA.mati: he was
>>> great.minded sa vizrAnta-mati: his mind was in repose, zAnta: sa kAnta:
>>> kAla-kovida: peaceful, he was graceful, a master of the times.
>>>
>>> \
>>>
>>> स यथा जीवति खगस्_तथा_इह यदि जीव्यते ।
>>>
>>> तद् भवेज् जीवितम् पुण्यम् दीर्घम् च .उदयम् एव च ॥११॥
>>>
>>> sa yathA jIvati khaga:_ tathA _iha yadi jIvyate |
>>>
>>> tat_ bhavet_ jIvitam puNyam dIrgham ca _udayam eva ca ||11||
>>>
>>> .
>>>

>>> *anyone *
>>>
>>> *who lives the way this Bird lives *
>>>
>>> *leads a life that is meritorious, sacred*
>>>
>>> *—*
>>>
>>> *that is a life that will be worthy and long*
>>>
>>> *. *

>>>
>>> * #kha.ga: – a sky.going bird; or #khe-cara, a sky-rover.
>>>
>>> kAka-bhushuNDa may be a crow called bhushuNDa, or a member of the Crow
>>> clan
>>>
>>> (with a crow totem). take your pick; or take both! I try to imply both
>>> senses.
>>>
>>> remember we're in indra's Heaven. das....@gmail.com
>>>
>>> ~vlm. ... this crow ...
>>>
>>> *jd. sa yathA jIvati khaga: just as this bird lives tathA iha yadi
>>> jIvyate – thus here if it is lived tad bhavet jIvitam puNyam – that
>>> life becomes sacred dIrgham ca udayam eva ca – and long indeed arisen.
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>> *vasiShTha said—*

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> इति तेन भुशुण्डो ’सौ भूय: पृष्टेन वर्णित: ।
>>>
>>> iti tena bhuzuNDo ’sau bhUya: pRSTena varNita: |
>>>
>>> यथावद् एव देवानां सभायां सत्यम् उक्तवान् ॥१२॥
>>>
>>> yathAvad eva devAnAm sabhAyAm satyam uktavAn ||12
>>>
>>> ||
>>>

>>> *such were the words of shAtAtapa *
>>>
>>> *answering a question straightforwardly and honestly*
>>>
>>> *in the Assembly of the Gods*
>>>
>>> *.*

>>>
>>> ~vlm.12. In this manner, he related the virtues of the bird in full, at
>>> the request of the gods in heaven; and did not utter any thing more or
>>> less, before the assembly of the deities who knew all things.
>>>
>>> ~sv.12-13 I heard these words. I was greatly inspired. Soon I set out to
>>> meet this Bhusunda.
>>>

>>> *jd. iti tena – *thus therewith — *bhuzuNDo asau – *this bhushuNDa — *bhUyas
>>> – *at once — *pRSTena varNita: – *being asked, declared — *yathAvad eva
>>> – *thus-far indeed — *devAnAm sabhAyAm – *in the assembly of the gods —
>>> *satyam uktavAn – *truly speaking. *

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> कथा_अवसर-सम्शान्ताव्_अथ याते सुर-व्रजे ।
>>>
>>> kathA-avasara-samzAntAv_atha yAte sura-vraje |
>>>
>>> भुशुण्डम् विगहम् द्रष्टुम् अहम् यात: कुतूहलात् ॥१३॥
>>>
>>> bhuzuNDam vigaham draSTum aham yAta: kutUhalAt ||13||
>>>

>>> kathA-avasara-*sam*zAntau *x *
>>>
>>> atha yAte sura-vraje *x *
>>>
>>> bhuzuNDam vigaham draSTum –* bhushuNDa the Bird for to see ‑‑ *
>>>
>>> aham yAta: kutUhalAt – *I came wide-eyed. *

>>>
>>> #vraja — vrajam wandering, roaming — vraja: (end-comp.) a fold, stall,
>>> cow-pen, cattle-shed, enclosure or station of herdsmen; m. N. of the

>>> district around Agra and Mathur*A* (the abode of Nanda, of Krshna's

>>> foster-father, and scene of Krishna's juvenile adventures; commonly called

>>> Braj; a herd, flock, swarm, troop, host, multitude (*sam*grAma:

>>> savrajaH, "a fight with many"; a cloud (=megha) Naigh. i, 10 —
>>>

>>> *~vlm.13. After the gods had been satisfied with the narration of the

>>> veteran crow, I felt a great curiosity in me, to see and know more of this
>>> superannuated bird: (for who is it that has not an eager desire to learn

>>> the art of longevity).*

>>>
>>> 14| o/
>>>
>>> भुशुण्ड: संस्थितो यत्र मेरो: शृङ्गं तद् उत्तमम् । संप्राप्तवान्
>>> क्षणेनाहं पद्म-राग-मयं बृहत् ॥१४॥
>>>
>>> bhuzuNDa: samsthito yatra mero: zRGgam tad uttamam |
>>>
>>> samprAptavAn kSaNenAham padma-rAga-mayam bRhat ||14||
>>>

>>> *bhushuNDa.QuakeEarth *
>>>
>>> *has *
>>>
>>> *his Seat *
>>>
>>> *there on the highest horn of **Mount.meru *
>>>
>>> *which I soon reached*
>>>
>>> *: *
>>>
>>> *the mountain shone with precious stones *
>>>
>>> *...*
>>>
>>> *sam*prAptavAn kSaNena aham –
>>>
>>> #*padmarAga* – "lotus.hued" – a ruby +
>>>
>>> mayam bRhat
>>>
>>> *~vlm.14. With this desire, I hastened to the spot, where the crow was

>>> said to rest in his happy nest; and I reached in a short time, to the
>>> summit of Meru, which was shining with its precious stones. *
>>>

>>> ~sv.14 Instantly I reached that peak of the mount Meru where Bhusunda
>>> lived.
>>>
>>> ~AB. kSaNena aham ... ||
>>>

>>> 15 *Ø*

>>>
>>> रत्न-गैरिक-कान्तेन तेजसा वह्नि-वर्चसा ।
>>>
>>> मdhy Aसव.रसेna .iव रञ्जयत् कखुभां गणम् ॥१५॥
>>>
>>> ratna-gairika-kAntena tejasA vahni-varcasA |
>>>
>>> madhv.Asava-rasena _iva raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||15||
>>>
>>> ...
>>>

>>> *w jewels*-*red.gold=sparkling flames of crimson fire *

>>>
>>> kAntena tejasA vahni-varcasA |
>>>
>>> madhvAsavarasena _va raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam ||15||
>>>
>>> ratna-gairika-kAntena
>>>
>>> tejasA vahni-varcasA
>>>
>>> madhvAsavaraseneva
>>>
>>> raJjayat kakhubhAm gaNam
>>>
>>> ~vlm.15. The peak of the mountain was flaming as fire, with the glare of
>>> its gems and red earth--gairika, and these painted the upper sky, with the
>>> bright hue of florid honey and sparkling wine.
>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> कल्पान्तज्वलन-उज्ज्वाला-पिण्ड-अद्रिम् इव संचितम् ।
>>>
>>> kalpAnta-jvalana-ujjvAlA-piNDa-adrim iva saMcitam |
>>>
>>> इन्द्रनीलशिखाधूमम् आलोक-अरुणित-अम्बरम् ॥१६॥
>>>
>>> indra-nIla-zikhA-dhUmam Aloka-aruNita-ambaram ||16||
>>>
>>> kalpAnta-jvalana-ujjvAlA-piNDa-adrim
>>>

>>> *m *kalpAnta-jvalana-ujjvAlA-piNDa-*mountain *
>>>
>>> iva *x *
>>>
>>> saMcitam *x *
>>>
>>> indra-nIla-zikhA-dhUmam
>>>
>>> *m indra*-nIla-zikhA-dhUma
>>>
>>> Aloka-aruNita-ambaram
>>>
>>> *m light.reddened-sky. *
>>>
>>> *~vlm.16. The mountain shone as brightly as it were burning with the

>>> blaze of the last conflagration, and the sky was reddened by their
>>> reflexion with shades of clouds; appearing as the smoke of fire or the blue
>>> lustre of saphire.*
>>>

>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>

>>> #saJcita‑ #*saMc*ita संचित p.p. Heaped up, accumulated; Enumerated,

>>> reckoned. . Full of, furnished or provided with. . Dense, thick (as a wood)
>>> . fitted or provided with, full of (comp.) MBh.; impeded, obstructed
>>> VarBrsh.; frequently practised or exhibited MBh.; — s.‑karman n. the rites
>>> to be performed after arranging the sacrificial fire ShrS. —¶jd –
>>> accumulated karma; cf. prarabdha. —
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> सर्वेषाम् एव रागाणाम् राशिम् अद्राव् इव स्थितम् ।
>>>
>>> sarveSAm eva rAgANAm rAzim adrAv_iva sthitam |
>>>
>>> सर्वसंध्याभ्रजालानाम् घनम् एकम् इव_आकरम् ॥१७॥
>>>
>>> sarva.samdhyAbhra-jAlAnAm ghanam ekam iva_Akaram ||17||
>>>

>>> sarveSAm eva rAgANAm *all of our passions *
>>>
>>> rAzim adrau_iva sthitam *like radiance on the **mountain + *
>>>
>>> sarva.samdhyA-abhra-jAlAnAm *x *
>>>
>>> ghanam ekam iva_Akaram *x. *
>>>
>>> #Akara‑ आकर
>>>
>>> *~vlm.17. The mountain appeared to be formed by a collection of all

>>> kinds of colours on earth, which gave it the appearance of the variegated

>>> sky in west at the time of the setting sun.*

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> उत्क्रान्तिम् कुर्वतो मेरोर् ब्रह्मनाड्येव निर्गतम् ।
>>>
>>> utkrAntim kurvato meror_brahma-nADyeva nirgatam |
>>>
>>> मूर्धानम् आगतम् कान्तम् वाडवम् जठर-अनलम् ॥१८॥
>>>
>>> mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam vADavam jaThara-analam ||18||
>>>

>>> utkrAntim kurvata: mero: *x *
>>>
>>> brahma-nADyeva nirgatam *x *
>>>
>>> mUrdhAnam Agatam kAntam *x *
>>>
>>> vADavam jaThara-analam *x. *
>>>
>>> #utkrAnti
>>>
>>> *~vlm.18. The flame of fire proceeding from its crater, and emitted

>>> through the crevice on its top, seemed as the culinary fire of the Yogi,
>>> carried up from his bowels to the cranium in Yoga. (This is styled the
>>> <utkranti> Yoga or lifting the physical powers, and concentrating them all

>>> in the head--the seat of intellect).*

>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> सुमेरु-वन-देव्या इव नव-अलक्त-करञ्जितम् । लीलया आदातुम् इन्दुं खे नीतं
>>> हस्त-शिख-अङ्गुलिम् ॥१९॥
>>>
>>> sumeru-vana-devyA iva nava-alakta-karaJjitam | lIlayA AdAtum indum khe
>>> nItam hasta-zikha-aGgulim ||19||
>>>
>>> sumeru-vana-devyA_iva nava-alakta-karaJjitam |
>>>
>>> lIlayA_AdAtum indum khe nItam hasta-zikha-aGgulim ||19||
>>>

>>> sumeru.vana-devyA_iva – *As.if w/ a goddess of Su.meru Forest *

>>> tArA: *the stars *
>>>
>>> spraSTum iva – *as.if to *
>>>
>>> AkAzam *the sky *
>>>
>>> aGgulIbhi: iva tribhi: *as.if **with 3 fingers *
>>>
>>> kacat *shining *

>>>
>>> aMzu-nakha.agrAbhi:
>>>
>>> paricumbad_iva_unnatam
>>>
>>> ~vlm.21. The mount with its elevated summit seemed to kiss the face of
>>> the sky, and to raise its fingers in the form of its peaks and pinnacles,
>>> with their blazing gems resembling the nails of the fingers, in order to
>>> count the scattered stars.
>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>

>>> 22 *Ø*

>>>
>>> गर्जज्जीमूतमुरजं भूभृतानां तु मण्डपम् ।
>>>
>>> हसt-kuसुम-गुच्छ-आढ्यं ध्वनt-Saट्पद-पेटकम् ॥२२॥
>>>
>>> garjaj-jImUta-murajam bhU-bhRtAnAm tu maNDapam |
>>>
>>> hasat-kusuma-guccha-ADhyam dhvanat-SaTpada-peTakam ||22||
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>> garjat-jImUta-murajam
>>>

>>> *m roaring*-*cloud-drum *
>>>
>>> bhUbhRtAnAm tu
>>>
>>> *but of EarthLords *
>>>
>>> maNDapam
>>>
>>> *the temple / province *
>>>
>>> hasat-kusuma-guccha-ADhyam
>>>
>>> *m laughing*-*flower*-*bunch*-*ripe *
>>>
>>> dhvanat-SaTpada-peTakam *– *
>>>
>>> *m 6.footed **buzzing-bumblebee=bunch**. *

>>>
>>> ~vlm.22. The clouds were roaring on one side of it with the loud noise
>>> of the drums, and the young plants and creepers were dancing in the happy
>>> arbours on another, clusters of flowers were smiling as blooming beauties
>>> on this side, and the swarms of humming bees were hovering on them on that.
>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>

>>> #*jImUta: *a cloud *RV • the sun mbh.3.152 +
>>>
>>> मुर् #mur -> #mura -> #*muraja: *a drum or tambourine +
>>>
>>> पिट् #piT -> #*peTa: -am* a basket • a multitude, a bunch of • -> #*peTaka:
>>> -am* a little basket, casket, box •-• Comp. **bhUSaNa*peTaka –
>>> jewel.case भूषण-पेटिका). • *viTapa*peTaka* -m/n.- a bunch of rogues. ->

>>> #peTakam >kR, with instr. "to join or consort with" +
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> दन्त-ताल-दल-अवल्या परिहासाद्_इव स्फुरत् ।
>>>
>>> danta-tAla-dala-avalyA parihAsAd_iva sphurat |
>>>
>>> दोलालोल-अप्सरो-वृन्दम् उदारमदमन्मथम् ॥२३॥
>>>
>>> dolAlola-apsaro-vRndam udAra-mada-manmatham ||23||
>>>

>>> danta-tAla-dala-avalyA *x *
>>>
>>> parihAsAd_iva sphurat *x *
>>>
>>> dolAlola-apsaro-vRndam
>>>
>>> *x *
>>>
>>> udAra-mada-manmatham *x. *

>>>
>>> ~vlm.23. Here the lofty palm trees seemed to be smiling with shewing
>>> their teeth in their denticulated leaves, on seeing the giddy groups of
>>> Apsaras, swinging and strolling about loosely in their amorous dalliances
>>> under their shade.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> शिलाविश्रान्त-विबुध-मिथुनाश्रित-कन्दरम् ।
>>>
>>> zilAvizrAnta-vibudha-mithunAzrita-kandaram |
>>>
>>> वर-अम्बर-अजिनं शुभ्र-गङ्गा-यज्ञ-उपवीति च ॥२४॥
>>>
>>> vara-ambara-ajinam zubhra-gaGgA-yajJa.upavIti ca ||24||
>>>

>>> zilAvizrAnta-vibudha-mithuna-Azrita-kandaram *x *
>>>
>>> vara-ambara-ajinam *x *
>>>
>>> zubhra-gaGgA-yajJa.upavIti ca *x. *

>>>
>>> ~vlm.24. There the celestials were resorting in pairs to their grottos
>>> in the mountain, in order to relieve themselves to their trouble of
>>> trudging over the rugged paths of the craggy mountain; and they were
>>> clothed in the white vest of the open sky (nudity), and having the stream
>>> of ganges falling from high for their sacred thread. (Here Meru means any
>>> mountain and ganga is put for any stream descending from it).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> तापसम् पिङ्गलम् इव वेणु-दण्ड-धरम् स्थितम् । गङ्गा-निर्झर-निर्ह्रादि लता-
>>> गृह-गत-अमरम् ॥२५॥
>>>
>>> tApasam piGgalam iva veNu-daNDa-dharam sthitam | gaGgA-nirjhara-nirhrAdi
>>> latA-gRha-gata-amaram ||25||
>>>
>>> tApasam piGgalam iva veNu-daNDa-dharam sthitam |
>>>
>>> gaGgA-nirjhara-nirhrAdi latA-gRha-gata-amaram ||25||
>>>

>>> tApasam piGgalam iva *x *
>>>
>>> veNu-daNDa-dharam sthitam *x *
>>>
>>> gaGgA-nirjhara-nirhrAdi *x *
>>>
>>> latA-gRha-gata-amaram *x. *

>>>
>>> #piGgala
>>>
>>> #veNu m. a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute. — y1033.015 —
>>>
>>> #nirhrAda: निर्ह्राद sound , noise , humming , murmuring ,
>>> roaring &c (ifc. f(आ).) MBh.&c
>>>
>>> ~vlm.25. The hoary mountain stood as a grey headed hermit, holding the
>>> reeds (with which it abounded) as canes in his hand; and the celestial
>>> inhabitants of the mount, rested in the coverts of the creepers, being
>>> lulled by to sleep by gurgling sound of the waters falling from precipice
>>> to precipice.
>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>

>>> 26 *Ø*

>>>
>>> गन्धर्व-गीत-सुभगम् आमोद-मधुर.अनिलम् ।
>>>
>>> फुल्ल-हेम.अम्बुज.उत्तंसम् तारा-रत्न-विभूषितम् ।
>>>
>>> व्योम्न: पारम् इव प्राप्त पिङ्गलम् मैरवम् शिर: ॥२६॥
>>>
>>> गन्धर्व-गीत-सुभगम् आमोद-मधुर.अनिलम् ।
>>>
>>> gandharva-gIta-subhagam Amoda-madhura-anilam |
>>>
>>> फुल्ल-हेम.अम्बुज.उत्तंसम् तारा-रत्न-विभूषितम् ।
>>>
>>> phulla-hema-ambuja-uttaMsam tArA-ratna-vibhUSitam |
>>>
>>> व्योम्न: पारम् इव प्राप्त पिङ्गलम् मैरवम् शिर: ॥२६॥
>>>
>>> vyomna: pAram iva prApta piGgalam mairavam zira: ||26||
>>>
>>> .
>>>
>>> gandharva-gIta-subhagam
>>>

>>> *enjoying the singing of gandharva.Chroisters *
>>>
>>> Amoda-madhura-anilam *in the sweet-scented breeze,*
>>>
>>> phulla-hema-ambuja-uttaMsam *x*
>>>
>>> tArA-ratna-vibhUSitam *x*
>>>
>>> vyomna: pAram iva prApta: *x*
>>>
>>> piGgalam mairavam zira: *a red Meruvic head.*

>>>
>>> jd#>tan #uttan #uttaMsa: – a crown, crest; laurel.
>>>
>>> jd#>piJj cl.2 A1. पिङ्क्ते , to tinge , dye , paint Dha1tup. xxiv , 18.
>>>

>>> jd#>piJj, to dye #*piGgala* . mf(/आ and ई)n. (cf. g. गौरा*दि and कडारा*

>>> दि) , reddish-brown , tawny , yellow , gold-coloured AV. &c.
>>>
>>> ~vlm.26. The mountain king was crowned by the full blown lotuses that
>>> grow on its top, and was regaled by the sweet fragrance; which the
>>> odoriferous breezes bore from them. It was decorated with the gems of the
>>> starry frame on its crown, and charmed with the sweet songs of the gandharvas
>>> playing their strains on it.
>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>

>>> gandharva-gIta-subhagam *enjoying the singing of gandharvas *
>>>
>>> Amoda-madhura-anilam *in the sweet-scented breeze,*
>>>
>>> phulla-hema-ambuja-uttaMsam *x*
>>>
>>> tArA-ratna-vibhUSitam *x*
>>>
>>> vyomna: pAram iva prApta: *x*
>>>
>>> piGgalam mairavam zira: *a red Meruvic head.*

>>>
>>> jd#>tan #uttan #uttaMsa: – a crown, crest; laurel.
>>>
>>> jd#>piJj cl.2 A1. पिङ्क्ते , to tinge , dye , paint Dha1tup. xxiv , 18.
>>>

>>> jd#>piJj, to dye #*piGgala* . mf(/आ and ई)n. (cf. g. गौरा*दि and कडारा*

>>> दि) , reddish-brown , tawny , yellow , gold-coloured AV. &c.
>>>
>>> 27 o/
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> .
>>>
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>>>

>>> *x*
>>>
>>> vana-kusuma-rAzi-nava-raGgai: *x *
>>>
>>> divi *x *
>>>
>>> vihitAmala-citram *x *
>>>
>>> lIlAcalam amara-yuvati-vargasya *x. *

>>>
>>> ~vlm.27. His hoary head pierced the silvery region of heaven, and was
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>>> emitting the various colours of the red, white, black, blue, yellow, and
>>> gray stones that are embodied in its body, lent the sky its variegated hues
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>>> invited the Heavenly nymphs to their rambles and sports over them.
>>>
>>> ~sv.15-27 The mountain was radiant, comparable to the lustre of the yogi
>>> who through the practice of yoga has 'opened' the psychic portal at the
>>> crown of the head and at the upper end of the nadi known as the susumna (it
>>> is also known as Meru). The peak reached right up to heaven.
>>>
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