SB 10.18.22
vahanto vahyamanas ca
carayantas ca go-dhanam
bhandirakam nama vatam
jagmuh krsna-purogamah
Translation:
Thus carrying and being carried by one another, and at the same time tending the cows, the boys followed Krsna to a banyan tree known as Bhandiraka.
Purport:
Srila Sanatana Gosvami quotes the following verses from Sri Harivamsa (Visnu-parva 11.18-22), which describe the banyan tree:
dadarsa vipulodagra-
sakhinam sakhinam varam
sthitam dharanyam meghabham
nibidam dala-sañcayaih
gaganardhocchritakaram
parvatabhoga-dharinam
nila-citranga-varnais ca
sevitam bahubhih khagaih
phalaih pravalais ca ghanaih
sendracapa-ghanopamam
bhavanakara-vitapam
lata-puspa-sumanditam
visala-mulavanatam
pavanambhoda-dharinam
adhipatyam ivanyesam
tasya desasya sakhinam
kurvanam subha-karmanam
niravarsam anatapam
nyagrodham parvatagrabham
bhandiram nama namatah
“They saw that best of all trees, which had many long branches. With its dense covering of leaves, it resembled a cloud sitting on the earth. Indeed, its form was so large that it appeared like a mountain covering half the sky. Many birds with charming blue wings frequented that great tree, whose dense fruits and leaves made it seem like a cloud accompanied by a rainbow or like a house decorated with creepers and flowers. It spread its broad roots downward and carried upon itself the sanctified clouds. That banyan tree was like the lordly master of all other trees in that vicinity, as it performed the all-auspicious functions of warding off the rain and the heat of the sun. Such was the appearance of that nyagrodha tree known as Bhandira, which seemed just like the peak of a great mountain.”