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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.17.40

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 40

Verse 40

अन्तर्लीनतरङ्गौघसौम्यवारिसरित्समा । निर्वाणाख्यं प्रकरणं ततः षष्ठमुदाहृतम् ॥ ४० ॥

antarlīnataraṅgaughasaumyavārisaritsamā | nirvāṇākhyaṁ prakaraṇaṁ tataḥ ṣaṣṭhamudāhṛtam || 40 ||

Translation

like a river of gentle water whose waves have sunk within. Then the sixth prakaraṇa, called Nirvāṇa, is declared.

Word by word

antar
(antaḥ) within
līna
sunk
taraṅga
of waves
ōgha
whose mass
saumya
gentle
vāri
of water
sarit
a river
samā
like
nirvāṇa
Nirvāṇa
ākhyaṁ
called
prakaraṇaṁ
prakaraṇa
tataḥ
then
ṣaṣṭham
the sixth
udāhṛtam
is declared

Meaning

The last image of the fifth book: the river is still there, and its waves have settled into it. Then the sixth and last book, Nirvāṇa, liberation, is named.