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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.16.6

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 16 · Verse 6

नानारण्यतृणानां च स्थलेषु मृदुदीप्तिषु । निर्झरेषु तरत्तारसीकरासारवर्षिषु ॥ ६ ॥

nānāraṇyatṛṇānāṁ ca sthalēṣu mṛdudīptiṣu | nirjharēṣu tarattārasīkarāsāravarṣiṣu || 6 ||

Translation

on the soft and shining stretches of many wild grasses, by waterfalls showering streams of glittering spray,

Word by word

nānā
many
araṇya
wild
tṛṇānāṁ
of grasses
ca
and
sthalēṣu
on the stretches
mṛdu
soft
dīptiṣu
and shining
nirjharēṣu
by waterfalls
tarat
glittering
tāra
bright
sīkara
of spray
āsāra
streams
varṣiṣu
showering

Meaning

The commentary: on meadows covered with soft grass of many kinds, by waterfalls whose great drops of water fly here and there in heavy showers.