Gandhamadan : Mount Meru of Ilāvarta which bears a forest of its pristine fragrance (gandh). Gandhamadan divides Ilāvarta from Bhadrasva, to the east of Meru.
... where felicity reigns undisturbed. "There hast thou paused", "thou hast not drunk from an earthly cup" but hast wondered through "brighter countries than man's eyes can bear". Thou hast been in the Gandhamadan mountain sporting divinely, "and in god-haunts thy human footsteps strayed. Thy mortal bosom quivered with god-speech." And what kind of divine melody "still surprised thou nearest?" "The ...
... was stolen by Ravana was not the real Sita, but her shadow. (Laughter) SRI AUROBINDO: So all the time the real Sita was with Rama? And why then did Rama play that deception with Hanuman about Gandhamadan parvat? He could have told him straight away that it was in such and such a place, instead of Hanuman having to search for it everywhere. The shadow-of-Sita story reminds me of Helen of Troy's ...
... In brighter countries than man's eyes can bear. Assailed by trooping voices of delight And seized mid a sunlit glamour of the boughs In faery woods, led down the gleaming slopes Of Gandhamadan where the Apsaras roam, Thy limbs have shared the sports which none has seen, And in god-haunts thy human footsteps strayed, Page 376 Thy mortal bosom quivered with god-speech ...
