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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 2.1 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
53
Published
38
Verses
1307
Level
intermediate

Sarga 1 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे वासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये मुमुक्षुव्यवहारप्रकरणे शुकनिर्याणं नाम प्रथमः सर्गः ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē vāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē mumukṣuvyavahāraprakaraṇē śukaniryāṇaṁ nāma prathamaḥ sargaḥ ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Mumukṣu-vyavahāra Prakaraṇa, the first sarga, called "Śuka's Departure".

Word by word

svasti
auspiciousness
śrī
glorious
ārṣē
of the seers
vāsiṣṭha
of Vasiṣṭha
mahārāmāyaṇē
in the Great Rāmāyaṇa
vālmīkīyē
composed by Vālmīki
mumukṣu
of the seeker of liberation
vyavahāra
on the conduct
prakaraṇē
in the prakaraṇa (part)
śuka
Śuka's
niryāṇaṁ
departure
nāma
called
prathamaḥ
the first
sargaḥ
sarga