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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.1.57

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
2
Verses
97
Level
intermediate

Sarga 1 · Verse 57

Verse 57

वाल्मीकिरुवाच । सनत्कुमारो निष्काम अवसद् ब्रह्मसद्मनि । वैकुण्ठादागतो विष्णुस्त्रैलोक्याधिपतिः प्रभुः ॥ ५७ ॥

vālmīkiruvāca | sanatkumārō niṣkāma avasad brahmasadmani | vaikuṇṭhādāgatō viṣṇustrailōkyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ || 57 ||

Translation

Vālmīki said: Sanatkumāra, free of desire, was living in Brahmā's abode. Viṣṇu, the Lord of the three worlds, came there from Vaikuṇṭha.

Word by word

vālmīkiḥ
Vālmīki
uvāca
said
sanatkumāraḥ
Sanatkumāra
niṣkāmaḥ
free of desire
avasat
was living
brahma
Brahmā's
sadmani
in the abode
vaikuṇṭhāt
from Vaikuṇṭha
āgataḥ
came
viṣṇuḥ
Viṣṇu
trailōkya
of the three worlds
adhipatiḥ
ruler
prabhuḥ
the Lord

Meaning

The first of four curses. Sanatkumāra is one of the mind-born sons of Brahmā, ever-young ascetics.