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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 1.9.19

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
53
Published
38
Verses
1307
Level
intermediate

Sarga 9 · Verse 19

Verse 19

जया च सुप्रभा चैव दाक्षायिण्यौ सुमध्यमे । तयोस्तु यान्यपत्यानि शतं परमदुर्जयम् ॥ १९ ॥

jayā ca suprabhā caiva dākṣāyiṇyau sumadhyamē | tayōstu yānyapatyāni śataṁ paramadurjayam || 19 ||

Translation

"Jayā and Suprabhā, the slender-waisted daughters of Dakṣa: the hundred children they bore are utterly invincible.

Word by word

jayā
Jayā
ca
and
suprabhā
Suprabhā
ēva
also
dākṣāyiṇyau
the daughters of Dakṣa
sumadhyamē
slender-waisted
tayōs
(tayoḥ) their
tu
and
yāni
which
apatyāni
children
śataṁ
the hundred
parama
utterly
durjayam
invincible

Meaning

The two wives of Kṛśāśva, daughters of Dakṣa Prajāpati, are the mothers of the weapons.