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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.16.7

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 16 · Verse 7

शैलानां मणिमाणिक्यशिलानां फलकेषु च । देवर्षिमुनिगेहेषु दूरपुण्याश्रमेषु च ॥ ७ ॥

śailānāṁ maṇimāṇikyaśilānāṁ phalakēṣu ca | dēvarṣimunigēhēṣu dūrapuṇyāśramēṣu ca || 7 ||

Translation

on the slabs of mountains whose rocks are gems and rubies, in the homes of divine seers and sages, and in far-off holy hermitages,

Word by word

śailānāṁ
of mountains
maṇi
gems
māṇikya
and rubies
śilānāṁ
whose rocks are
phalakēṣu
on the slabs
ca
and
dēvarṣi
of divine seers
muni
and sages
gēhēṣu
in the homes
dūra
far-off
puṇya
holy
āśramēṣu
in hermitages

Meaning

The commentary: on mountains adorned with slabs of gem and ruby; in the dwellings of gods and seers; in pure hermitages far and wide. The king's pleasures reach even the hermitages: the catalogue takes in the whole world.