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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 1.17 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
20
Verses
708
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये वैराग्यप्रकरणे तृष्णाभङ्गो नाम सप्तदशः सर्गः ॥ १७ ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē vairāgyaprakaraṇē tṛṣṇābhaṅgō nāma saptadaśaḥ sargaḥ || 17 ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Vairāgya Prakaraṇa, the seventeenth sarga, called "The Breaking of Craving".

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)
tṛṣṇā
of craving
bhaṅgō
(bhaṅgaḥ) the breaking
nāma
called
saptadaśaḥ
the seventeenth
sargaḥ
sarga