Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 5.16.19
Sthāna· The universe in orderJambū Fruit Juice Floods Ilāvṛta
“Similarly, the fruits of the jambū tree, which are full of pulp and have very small seeds, fall from a great height and break to pieces. Those fruits are the size of elephants, and the juice gliding from them becomes a river named Jambū-nadī. This river falls a distance of 10,000 yojanas, from the summit of Merumandara to the southern side of Ilāvṛta, and floods the entire land of Ilāvṛta with juice.”
What the purport teaches
- The jambū fruits are the size of elephants, full of pulp and have very small seeds. Śrīla Prabhupāda invites us to imagine how much juice such fruits contain.
- When the fruits fall and break, their juice forms waterfalls and the river Jambū-nadī. It falls 10,000 yojanas from Merumandara to the southern side of Ilāvṛta and floods the land with juice.
- The purport explains that this juice also produces an immense quantity of gold.
Try this today
Briefly summarize how the broken jambū fruits form the river and flood Ilāvṛta.
Ask yourself
How does the contrast between the enormous fruit and its tiny seed help you picture the abundance of juice?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.