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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.3.40

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
6
Verses
221
Level
intermediate

Sarga 3 · Verse 40

Verse 40

राजर्षीणां च महतां ब्रह्मर्षीणां तथैव च । देवानां ब्राह्मणानां च पावनानाश्रमाञ्छुभान् ॥ ४० ॥

rājarṣīṇāṁ ca mahatāṁ brahmarṣīṇāṁ tathaiva ca | dēvānāṁ brāhmaṇānāṁ ca pāvanānāśramāñchubhān || 40 ||

Translation

and the pure and auspicious hermitages of the great royal sages and the brahmin sages, of the gods and of the brahmins.

Word by word

rājarṣīṇāṁ
of the royal sages
ca
and
mahatāṁ
great
brahmarṣīṇāṁ
of the brahmin sages
tathā
and
ēva
also
dēvānāṁ
of the gods
brāhmaṇānāṁ
of the brahmins
pāvanān
pure
āśramāñ
(āśramān) the hermitages
śubhān
auspicious

Meaning

The list ends with people rather than places: the hermitages where sages, royal and priestly, lived and taught.