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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.15.28

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 15 · Verse 28

Verse 28

लताविलासकुन्दौघभासिनी रसशालिनी । प्रवालहस्ता पुष्पाभा मधुश्रीरिव देहिनी ॥ २८ ॥

latāvilāsakundaughabhāsinī rasaśālinī | pravālahastā puṣpābhā madhuśrīriva dēhinī || 28 ||

Translation

shining with the creeper of her grace and the jasmine clusters of her smiles, full of feeling, her hands like coral, her glow like flowers, like the splendour of spring embodied;

Word by word

latā
of the creeper
vilāsa
of her grace
kunda
jasmine
ōgha
clusters
bhāsinī
shining with
rasa
with feeling
śālinī
full
pravāla
like coral
hastā
her hands
puṣpa
like flowers
ābhā
her glow
madhu
of spring
śrīr
(śrīḥ) the splendour
iva
like
dēhinī
embodied

Meaning

The commentary: she shone with the clusters of kunda blossoms of her playful grace, and was graced with the rasas, love and the rest; her hands were red like coral, her radiance like flowers; she was like the beauty of spring in bodily form.