Devanagari
पारिजातेऽञ्जसा लब्धे सारङ्गोऽन्यन्न सेवते ।
त्वदङ्घ्रिमूलमासाद्य साक्षात्किं किं वृणीमहि ॥ ३२ ॥
Verse text
pārijāte ’ṣjasā labdhe
sāraṅgo ’nyan na sevate
tvad-aṅghri-mūlam āsādya
sākṣāt kiṁ kiṁ vṛṇīmahi
Synonyms
pārijāte
—
the celestial tree known as pārijāta
;
aṣjasā
—
completely
;
labdhe
—
having achieved
;
sāraṅgaḥ
—
a bee
;
anyat
—
other
;
na sevate
—
does not resort to
;
tvat
—
aṅghri — Your lotus feet
;
mūlam
—
the root of everything
;
āsādya
—
having approached
;
sākṣāt
—
directly
;
kim
—
what
;
kim
—
what
;
vṛṇīmahi
—
may we ask .
Translation
Dear Lord, when the bee approaches the celestial tree called the pārijāta, it certainly does not leave the tree, because there is no need for such action. Similarly, when we have approached Your lotus feet and taken shelter of them, what further benediction may we ask of You?
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
When a bee has quickly come to the pārijāta tree, it does not go elsewhere for tasting. Having directly attaining your lotus feet, what else can we pray for?
“So then, ask for many boons, as much as you want.” No. We want only your lotus feet. In order to attain a taste of that sweetness, there is one boon we desire. Other than that we do not ask any benedictions. They explain this in three verses. The bee (sāraṅgaḥ) does not go to another tree (anyat). Just as the bee does not desire other objects because it has tasted the honey of that tree, having attained your feet, except for your lotus feet what could we request?
Purport
When a devotee is actually engaged in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, his engagement in itself is so perfect that there is no need to ask for further benediction. When a bee approaches the
pārijāta
tree, it gets unlimited supplies of honey. There is no need to go to another tree. If one is fixed in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, there is unlimited transcendental bliss, and as such there is no need to ask for further benediction. The
pārijāta
tree is not commonly found within this material world. The
pārijāta
tree is also known as
kalpa-vṛkṣa,
or the wish-fulfilling tree. One can get anything he desires from such a tree. In the material world, one can get oranges from an orange tree or mangoes from a mango tree, but there is no possibility of getting oranges from a mango tree or vice versa. However, one can get whatever he wants from the
pārijāta
tree — oranges, mangoes, bananas and so on. This tree is found in the spiritual world (
cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu
). The spiritual world,
cintāmaṇi-dhāma,
is surrounded by these
kalpa-vṛkṣa
trees, but the
pārijāta
tree is also found in the kingdom of Indra, that is, on Indra’s heavenly planet. This
pārijāta
tree was brought by Kṛṣṇa to please Satyabhāmā, one of His queens, and this tree was implanted in the Dvārakā mansions constructed for the queens. The lotus feet of the Lord are exactly like the
pārijāta
trees, or wish-fulfilling trees, and the devotees are like bumblebees. They are always attracted by the lotus feet of the Lord.