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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 2.17 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये मुमुक्षुव्यवहारप्रकरणे ग्रन्थसंख्यादिवर्णनं नाम सप्तदशः सर्गः ॥ १७ ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē mumukṣuvyavahāraprakaraṇē granthasaṁkhyādivarṇanaṁ nāma saptadaśaḥ sargaḥ || 17 ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Mumukṣu-vyavahāra Prakaraṇa, the seventeenth sarga, called "The Account of the Number of Verses and the Rest".

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)
grantha
of verses
saṁkhyā
of the number
ādi
and the rest
varṇanaṁ
the account
nāma
called
saptadaśaḥ
the seventeenth
sargaḥ
sarga