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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.16.2

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 16 · Verse 2

उद्यानवनगुल्मेषु तमालगहनेषु च । पुष्पमण्डपरम्येषु लतावलयसद्मसु ॥ २ ॥

udyānavanagulmēṣu tamālagahanēṣu ca | puṣpamaṇḍaparamyēṣu latāvalayasadmasu || 2 ||

Translation

in the thickets of gardens and groves, in dense tamāla woods, in pavilions lovely with flowers, in houses ringed with creepers,

Word by word

udyāna
of gardens
vana
and groves
gulmēṣu
in the thickets
tamāla
tamāla
gahanēṣu
in dense woods
ca
and
puṣpa
with flowers
maṇḍapa
in pavilions
ramyēṣu
lovely
latā
with creepers
valaya
ringed
sadmasu
in houses

Meaning

The places begin. The commentary: in the thickets of gardens, in dense groves of tamāla, in palaces surrounded by creepers, made very lovely by being covered with flowers. The tamāla is a dark-leaved tree of the poets, often paired with Kṛṣṇa.