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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.25.26

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
28
Verses
996
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 26

Verse 26

मुसलैः पट्टिशैः प्रासैः शूलैस्तोमरमुद्गरैः । तीक्ष्णैः क्षीणजगद्वान्तकृतान्तैरिव संभृतैः ॥ २६ ॥

musalaiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ prāsaiḥ śūlaistōmaramudgaraiḥ | tīkṣṇaiḥ kṣīṇajagadvāntakṛtāntairiva saṁbhṛtaiḥ || 26 ||

Translation

gathered with sharp pestles, axes, spears, tridents, lances and hammers, as if with the Kṛtāntas vomited out by the worlds that have perished;

Word by word

musalaiḥ
with pestles
paṭṭiśaiḥ
axes
prāsaiḥ
spears
śūlais
(śūlaiḥ) tridents
tōmara
lances
mudgaraiḥ
and hammers
tīkṣṇaiḥ
sharp
kṣīṇa
that have perished
jagat
by the worlds
vānta
vomited out
kṛtāntair
(kṛtāntaiḥ) as if with the Kṛtāntas
iva
as if
saṁbhṛtaiḥ
gathered

Meaning

He carries every weapon of death: pestle, axe, spear, trident, lance, mace. The commentary: they seem to be the Kṛtāntas of past universes, gathered up. Every world that has ended had its own death, and they are all here as his weapons. The reader is shown the countless ends behind the one.