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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [SB 1.10.5]

nadyaḥ---rivers; samudrāḥ---oceans; girayaḥ---hills and mountains; savanaspati---vegetables; vīrudhaḥ---creepers; phalanti---active; oṣadhayaḥ---drugs; sarvāḥ---all; kāmam---necessities; anvṛtu---seasonal; tasya---for the King; vai---certainly.

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Translation = "The rivers, oceans, hills, mountains, forests, creepers and active drugs in every season paid their tax quota to …

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prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate

[Bg. 3.27]

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kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vañcha kare pāśate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare

[Prema-vivarta 6.2]

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