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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.2.11

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Verses
1146
Level
intermediate

Sarga 2 · Verse 11

Verse 11

श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच । इत्युक्त्वा स भरद्वाजं परमेष्ठी मदाश्रमम् । अभ्यागच्छत्समं तेन भरद्वाजेन भूतकृत् ॥ ११ ॥

śrīvālmīkiruvāca | ityuktvā sa bharadvājaṁ paramēṣṭhī madāśramam | abhyāgacchatsamaṁ tēna bharadvājēna bhūtakṛt || 11 ||

Translation

Vālmīki said: Having said this to Bharadvāja, the Supreme One, maker of beings, came to my hermitage together with Bharadvāja.

Word by word

śrī
the blessed
vālmīkiḥ
Vālmīki
uvāca
said
iti
this
uktvā
having said
saḥ
he
bharadvājaṁ
to Bharadvāja
paramēṣṭhī
the Supreme One
mat
my
āśramam
to the hermitage
abhyāgacchat
came
samaṁ
together
tēna
with that
bharadvājēna
Bharadvāja
bhūta
of beings
kṛt
the maker

Meaning

Vālmīki now tells the king what followed in his own hermitage. Brahmā comes in person to make the request.