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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.2.22

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
2
Verses
97
Level
intermediate

Sarga 2 · Verse 22

Verse 22

निर्दुःखितां यथैते नु प्राप्तास्तद् ब्रूहि मे स्फुटम् । तथैवाहं भविष्यामि ततो जनतया सह ॥ २२ ॥

nirduḥkhitāṁ yathaitē nu prāptāstad brūhi mē sphuṭam | tathaivāhaṁ bhaviṣyāmi tatō janatayā saha || 22 ||

Translation

Tell me clearly how they came to be free of sorrow; then I too, with all these people, will become so."

Word by word

nirduḥkhitāṁ
freedom from sorrow
yathā
how
ētē
they
nu
indeed
prāptāḥ
reached
tat
that
brūhi
tell
mē
me
sphuṭam
clearly
tathā
so
ēva
too
ahaṁ
I
bhaviṣyāmi
will become
tataḥ
then
janatayā
the people
saha
with

Meaning

Bharadvāja wants to follow their example and to bring others with him.