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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.15.25

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 15 · Verse 25

Verse 25

तस्याऽस्ति सुभगा भार्या लीला नाम विलासिनी । सर्वसौभाग्यवलिता कमलेवोदिताऽवनौ ॥ २५ ॥

tasyā’sti subhagā bhāryā līlā nāma vilāsinī | sarvasaubhāgyavalitā kamalēvōditā’vanau || 25 ||

Translation

He had a fortunate wife, a graceful lady named Līlā, endowed with every good fortune, like Kamalā risen on earth.

Word by word

tasya
he
asti
had
subhagā
fortunate
bhāryā
a wife
līlā
Līlā
nāma
named
vilāsinī
a graceful lady
sarva
every
saubhāgya
good fortune
valitā
endowed with
kamalā
Kamalā
iva
like
uditā
risen
avanau
on earth

Meaning

The commentary: King Padma's wife was named Līlā. She was skilled in every grace that befits a woman and very beautiful; she had every good fortune of women, so she was a second Lakṣmī come down to earth. Līlā means "play": the heroine of the tale bears the name of the teaching, that the world is the play of awareness.