स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये मुमुक्षुव्यवहारप्रकरणे दृष्टान्तनिरूपणं नाम अष्टादशः सर्गः ॥ १८ ॥
svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē mumukṣuvyavahāraprakaraṇē dṛṣṭāntanirūpaṇaṁ nāma aṣṭādaśaḥ sargaḥ || 18 ||
Translation
Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Mumukṣu-vyavahāra Prakaraṇa, the eighteenth sarga, called "The Exposition of Illustration".
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)
- dṛṣṭānta
- of illustration
- nirūpaṇaṁ
- the exposition
- nāma
- called
- aṣṭādaśaḥ
- the eighteenth
- sargaḥ
- sarga