वाल्मीकिरुवाच । इत्युक्तवत्यथ मुनौ दिवसो जगाम सायन्तनाय विधयेऽस्तमिनो जगाम । स्नातुं सभा कृतनमस्करणा जगाम श्यामाक्षये रविकरेण सहाऽऽजगाम ॥ ३२ ॥
vālmīkiruvāca | ityuktavatyatha munau divasō jagāma sāyantanāya vidhayē’staminō jagāma | snātuṁ sabhā kṛtanamaskaraṇā jagāma śyāmākṣayē ravikarēṇa sahā’’jagāma || 32 ||
Translation
Vālmīki said: When the sage had spoken thus, the day passed; the sun went to its setting, for the evening rites; the assembly, having bowed, went to bathe; and when night ended it came back with the rays of the sun.
Word by word
- vālmīkiḥ
- Vālmīki
- uvāca
- said
- ity
- (iti) thus
- uktavaty
- (uktavati) had spoken
- atha
- when
- munau
- the sage
- divasō
- (divasaḥ) the day
- jagāma
- passed; went; came
- sāyantanāya
- for the evening
- vidhayē
- rites
- astam
- to its setting
- inō
- (inaḥ) the sun
- snātuṁ
- to bathe
- sabhā
- the assembly
- kṛta
- having
- namaskaraṇā
- bowed
- śyāmā
- night
- kṣayē
- when ended
- ravi
- of the sun
- karēṇa
- the rays
- saha
- with
- ājagāma
- came back
Meaning
The first day of the teaching ends, in the vasantatilakā metre, with a refrain: every line ends in "went" (jagāma). The day went; the sun (ina) went to its setting, so that the evening rites could be done; the assembly bowed and went to bathe; and at the end of night (śyāmā-kṣaya) it came back with the sun's rays. A note in the text marks this as "the first day". The teaching of the Yoga Vāsiṣṭha unfolds over days, interrupted by the ordinary rhythm of rites, bathing and sleep. The reader may take the hint: the highest teaching is not received in one sitting. It is heard, slept on, and heard again.