SB 4.25.16
TEXT 16
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TEXT
सभाचत्वररथ्याभिर् आक्रीडायतनापणैः ।
चैत्यध्वजपताकाभिर् युक्तां विद्रुमवेदिभिः ॥ १६ ॥ sabha-catvara-rathyabhir
akriḍayatanapanaiḥ
caitya-dhvaja-patakabhir
yuktam vidruma-vedibhiḥ
sabha-assembly houses; catvara-squares; rathyabhiḥ-by streets; akriḍa-ayatana-gambling houses; apanaiḥ-by shops; caitya-resting places; dhvaja-patakabhiḥ-with flags and festoons; yuktam-decorated; vidruma-without trees; vedibhiḥ-with platforms.
TRANSLATION
In that city there were many assembly houses, street crossings, streets, restaurants, gambling houses, markets, resting places, flags, festoons and beautiful parks. All these surrounded the city.
PURPORT
In this way the capital is described. In the capital there are assembly houses and many squares, many street crossings, avenues and streets, many gambling places, markets and places of rest, all decorated with flags and festoons. The squares are surrounded with railings and are devoid of trees. The heart of the body can be compared to the assembly house, for the living entity is within the heart along with the Paramatma, as stated in Bhagavad-gita:
sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattaḥ smrtir jnanam apohanam ca vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas." (Bg. 15.15)
The heart is the center of all remembrance, forgetfulness and deliberation. In the body the eyes, ears and nose are different places of attraction for sense enjoyment, and the streets for going hither and thither may be compared to different types of air blowing within the body. The yogic process for controlling the air within the body and the different nerves is called susumna, the path of liberation. The body is also a resting place because when the living entity becomes fatigued he takes rest within the body. The palms and the soles of the feet are compared to flags and festoons.
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