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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 1.16 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
20
Verses
708
Level
intermediate

Sarga 16 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये वैराग्यप्रकरणे चित्तदौरात्म्यं नाम षोडशः सर्गः ॥ १६ ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē vairāgyaprakaraṇē cittadaurātmyaṁ nāma ṣōḍaśaḥ sargaḥ || 16 ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Vairāgya Prakaraṇa, the sixteenth sarga, called "The Wickedness of the Mind".

Word by word

svasti
auspiciousness
śrī
glorious
ārṣē
of the seers
vāsiṣṭha
of Vasiṣṭha
mahārāmāyaṇē
in the Great Rāmāyaṇa
vālmīkīyē
composed by Vālmīki
vairāgya
dispassion
prakaraṇē
in the prakaraṇa (part)
citta
of the mind
daurātmyaṁ
the wickedness
nāma
called
ṣōḍaśaḥ
the sixteenth
sargaḥ
sarga