SB 10.70.2 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

वयांस्यरोरुवन्कृष्णं बोधयन्तीव वन्दिन: । गायत्स्वलिष्वनिद्राणि मन्दारवनवायुभि: ॥ २ ॥

Verse text

vayāṁsy aroruvan kṛṣṇaṁ bodhayantīva vandinaḥ gāyatsv aliṣv anidrāṇi mandāra-vana-vāyubhiḥ

Synonyms

vayāṁsi — birds ; aroruvan — sounded loudly ; kṛṣṇam — Lord Kṛṣṇa ; bodhayanti — waking ; iva — as if ; vandinaḥ — bards ; gāyatsu — as they sang ; aliṣu — bees ; anidrāṇi — aroused from sleep ; mandāra — of pārijāta trees ; vana — from the garden ; vāyubhiḥ — by the breeze .

Translation

The bees’ buzzing, caused by the fragrant breeze from the pārijāta garden, roused the birds from sleep. And when the birds began to sing loudly, they woke Lord Kṛṣṇa like court poets reciting His glories.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The bees' buzzing, caused by the fragrant breeze from the pārijāta garden, roused the birds from sleep. And when the birds began to sing loudly, they woke Lord Kṛṣṇa like court poets reciting His glories. KB 10.70.2 In the garden within the compound of each palace there were pārijāta flowers. The pārijāta is not an artificial flower. We remember that Kṛṣṇa brought the pārijāta trees from heaven and planted them in all His palaces. Early in the morning, a mild breeze would carry the aroma of the pārijāta flower, and Kṛṣṇa would smell it just after rising from bed. Due to this aroma, the honeybees would begin their humming vibration, and the birds also would begin their sweet chirping sounds. All together it would sound like the singing of professional chanters engaged in offering prayers to Kṛṣṇa.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Awakened by the fragrant breezes, the bees were singing. This singing awakened the birds. These birds, like bards, awakened Krsna.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

The birds woke up Kṛṣṇa like bards because they chirped loudly in a large group. How did they wake up? The bees hummed. In the early morning first the cool breeze blew. The branches of large trees began to sway. The bees in the flowers on the trees began to hum. The birds then woke up. This is a summary of the early morning.