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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 1.21 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
28
Verses
996
Level
intermediate

Sarga 21 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये वैराग्यप्रकरणे स्त्रीजुगुप्सा नामैकविंशतितमः सर्गः ॥ २१ ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē vairāgyaprakaraṇē strījugupsā nāmaikaviṁśatitamaḥ sargaḥ || 21 ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Vairāgya Prakaraṇa, the twenty-first sarga, called "Revulsion at Women".

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)
strī
at women
jugupsā
revulsion
nāma
called
ēkaviṁśatitamaḥ
the twenty-first
sargaḥ
sarga