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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.15.27

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 15 · Verse 27

Verse 27

अलकालिमनोहारिवदनाम्भोजशालिनी । सिताङ्गी कर्णिकागौरी जङ्गमेव सरोजिनी ॥ २७ ॥

alakālimanōhārivadanāmbhōjaśālinī | sitāṅgī karṇikāgaurī jaṅgamēva sarōjinī || 27 ||

Translation

graced with a lotus face lovely with bees of curls, white-limbed, fair as a lotus pod, like a lotus pond that walks;

Word by word

alaka
of curls
ali
with bees
manōhāri
lovely
vadana
face
ambhōja
with a lotus
śālinī
graced
sita
white
aṅgī
limbed
karṇikā
as a lotus pod
gaurī
fair
jaṅgamā
that walks
iva
like
sarōjinī
a lotus pond

Meaning

The commentary: her lotus face was charming with the bees of her curls; her body was pure; she was fair as the pod of a lotus; she was like a lotus pond that moves.