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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.6.10

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
33
Published
11
Verses
399
Level
intermediate

Sarga 6 · Verse 10

Verse 10

अथाऽऽस्थानगतं भूपं राजमण्डलमालिनम् । समुपेत्य त्वरायुक्तो याष्टीकोऽसौ व्यजिज्ञपत् ॥ १० ॥

athā’’sthānagataṁ bhūpaṁ rājamaṇḍalamālinam | samupētya tvarāyuktō yāṣṭīkō’sau vyajijñapat || 10 ||

Translation

Then the staff-bearer hurried up to the king, who was seated in the hall of audience garlanded by a circle of kings, and announced:

Word by word

atha
then
āsthāna
in the hall of audience
gataṁ
seated
bhūpaṁ
the king
rāja
of kings
maṇḍala
by a circle
mālinam
garlanded
samupētya
came up to
tvarā
haste
yuktō
(yuktaḥ) in
yāṣṭīkō
(yāṣṭīkaḥ) the staff-bearer
asau
he
vyajijñapat
announced

Meaning

The yāṣṭīka, the chamberlain who carries a staff of office, brings the news into the assembly.