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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 2.18.17

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 18 · Verse 17

Verse 17

सर्वदा सर्वभावेषु संशान्तिरुपजायते । यामिन्यामिव शान्तायां प्रज्ञालोक उपागते ॥ १७ ॥

sarvadā sarvabhāvēṣu saṁśāntirupajāyatē | yāminyāmiva śāntāyāṁ prajñālōka upāgatē || 17 ||

Translation

At all times, in all things, peace arises, when the light of insight has come, as when night has ended.

Word by word

sarvadā
at all times
sarva
in all
bhāvēṣu
things
saṁśāntir
(saṁśāntiḥ) peace
upajāyatē
arises
yāminyām
night
iva
as when
śāntāyāṁ
has ended
prajñā
of insight
ālōka
(ālokaḥ) the light
upāgatē
when has come

Meaning

The commentary: when ignorance is gone and the light of knowledge comes, there is peace in all things, no agitation from attachment and aversion. Nothing in the world has to change for it.