SB 1.6.12 (1962)
TEXT No. 12
Chitra dhatu Vichitra adrin iva bhagnan bhujadruman
Jalasayan shiva jalan nalini surasevita
chitraswanai Patrarathair vibhramad bhramarashriha.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Chtradhatu—valuable minerals like gold, silver, copper etc. Vichitra—full of variegatedness, Adrin—hills and mountains, Ivabhagnan—broken by the giant elephants, Bhuja—branches, Druman—trees, Shiva—health giving, Jalan—reservoires of water, Nalini—lotus flowers, Surasevita—aspired by the denizens of heaven, Chitraswanai—pleasing to the heart, Patrarathai—by the birds, Vibhramad—bewildering, Bhramarashriha—decorated by drones.
TRANSLATION
He passed through hills and mountains full of reservoirs of variagated minerals like gold, silver and copper. Tracts of land with reservoirs of water full of beautiful lotus flowers deserving to be used by the denizens of heaven and decorated with bewildered drones by the singing birds upon them.