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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.4.6

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
11
Verses
399
Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 6

उवास स सुखं गेहे ततः प्रभृति राघवः । वर्णयन्विविधाकारान् देशाचारानितस्ततः ॥ ६ ॥

uvāsa sa sukhaṁ gēhē tataḥ prabhṛti rāghavaḥ | varṇayanvividhākārān dēśācārānitastataḥ || 6 ||

Translation

From then on Rāghava lived happily at home, describing here and there the many kinds of customs of the lands he had seen.

Word by word

uvāsa
lived
sa
(saḥ) he
sukhaṁ
happily
gēhē
at home
tataḥ
from then
prabhṛti
on
rāghavaḥ
Rāghava
varṇayan
describing
vividha
many
ākārān
kinds of
dēśa
of the lands
ācārān
customs
itastataḥ
here and there

Meaning

He tells of the ways of the places he visited, as a traveller does on coming home.