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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.8.12

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
53
Published
38
Verses
1307
Level
intermediate

Sarga 8 · Verse 12

Verse 12

सदारः सहभृत्योऽहं तत्कृते मुनिनायक । शरदीव पयोवाहो नूनं निःसारतां गतः ॥ १२ ॥

sadāraḥ sahabhṛtyō’haṁ tatkṛtē munināyaka | śaradīva payōvāhō nūnaṁ niḥsāratāṁ gataḥ || 12 ||

Translation

"Because of him, chief of sages, I, with my wives and my servants, have surely become empty, like a cloud in autumn.

Word by word

sa
with
dāraḥ
my wives
bhṛtyō
(bhṛtyaḥ) my servants
ahaṁ
I
saha
and with
tat
him
kṛtē
because of
muni
of sages
nāyaka
chief
śaradi
in autumn
iva
like
payōvāhō
(payovāhaḥ) a cloud
nūnaṁ
surely
niḥsāratāṁ
empty
gataḥ
have become

Meaning

An autumn cloud has given all its rain and drifts light and empty: so the household, drained by worry.