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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.4.11

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Verses
1146
Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 11

Verse 11

एवंप्रायदिनाचारो भ्रातृभ्यां सह राघवः । आगत्य तीर्थयात्रायाः समुवास पितुर्गृहे ॥ ११ ॥

ēvaṁprāyadinācārō bhrātṛbhyāṁ saha rāghavaḥ | āgatya tīrthayātrāyāḥ samuvāsa piturgṛhē || 11 ||

Translation

Such, for the most part, were Rāghava's days. Back from his pilgrimage, he lived with his two brothers in his father's house.

Word by word

ēvaṁ
such
prāya
for the most part
dina
days
ācārō
(ācāraḥ) the way he spent
bhrātṛbhyāṁ
his two brothers
saha
with
rāghavaḥ
Rāghava
āgatya
back
tīrtha
to the holy places
yātrāyāḥ
from his journey
samuvāsa
he lived
pitur
(pituḥ) of his father
gṛhē
in the house

Meaning

The two brothers are Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna; Bharata, as the next sarga says, was away at his grandfather's.