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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.15.26

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 15 · Verse 26

Verse 26

सर्वानुवृत्तिललिता लीला मधुरभाषिणी । सानन्दमन्दचलिता द्वितीयेन्दूदयस्मिता ॥ २६ ॥

sarvānuvṛttilalitā līlā madhurabhāṣiṇī | sānandamandacalitā dvitīyēndūdayasmitā || 26 ||

Translation

Līlā, lovely in following every wish, sweet of speech, moving slowly with joy, her smile like the rising of a second moon;

Word by word

sarva
every
anuvṛtti
in following wish
lalitā
lovely
līlā
Līlā
madhura
sweet
bhāṣiṇī
of speech
sānanda
with joy
manda
slowly
calitā
moving
dvitīya
of a second
indu
moon
udaya
the rising
smitā
her smile like

Meaning

The commentary: Līlā was skilled in every kind of service to her husband and spoke very sweetly; she walked slowly with joy, and her smile shone like the rising of a second moon. The portrait follows in the next four verses.