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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.3.32

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
6
Verses
221
Level
intermediate

Sarga 3 · Verse 32

Verse 32

नदीतीराणि पुण्यानि वनान्यायतनानि च । जङ्गलानि जनान्तेषु तटान्यब्धिमहीभृताम् ॥ ३२ ॥

nadītīrāṇi puṇyāni vanānyāyatanāni ca | jaṅgalāni janāntēṣu taṭānyabdhimahībhṛtām || 32 ||

Translation

the holy banks of rivers, forests and shrines, the wild places at the edges of the settlements, and the shores of the oceans and the slopes of the mountains;

Word by word

nadī
of rivers
tīrāṇi
the banks
puṇyāni
holy
vanāni
forests
āyatanāni
shrines
ca
and
jaṅgalāni
the wild places
jana
of the settlements
antēṣu
at the edges
taṭāni
the shores and slopes
abdhi
of the oceans
mahībhṛtām
and of the mountains

Meaning

First the kinds of places, then, from the next verse, their names.