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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.10.5

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
53
Published
38
Verses
1307
Level
intermediate

Sarga 10 · Verse 5

आगच्छामि क्षणेनेति वक्ति ध्यायति चैकतः । न कस्यचिच्च निकटे स्थातुमिच्छति खिन्नधीः ॥ ५ ॥

āgacchāmi kṣaṇēnēti vakti dhyāyati caikataḥ | na kasyacicca nikaṭē sthātumicchati khinnadhīḥ || 5 ||

Translation

"He says 'I will come in a moment', and broods alone. Sick at heart, he wants no one near him."

Word by word

āgacchāmi
I will come
kṣaṇēna
in a moment
iti
thus
vakti
he says
dhyāyati
broods
ca
and
ēkataḥ
alone
na
not
kasyacit
anyone
nikaṭē
near
sthātum
to be
icchati
wants
khinna
sick
dhīḥ
at heart

Meaning

He does not refuse his father; he simply does not come.