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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 3.17 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये उत्पत्तिप्रकरणे लीलोपाख्याने सन्देहराष्ट्रवर्णनं नाम सप्तदशः सर्गः ॥ १७ ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē utpattiprakaraṇē līlōpākhyānē sandēharāṣṭravarṇanaṁ nāma saptadaśaḥ sargaḥ || 17 ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Utpatti Prakaraṇa, in the tale of Līlā, the seventeenth sarga, called "The Description of the Realm of Doubt".

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svasti
auspiciousness
śrī
glorious
ārṣē
of the seers
vāsiṣṭha
of Vasiṣṭha
mahārāmāyaṇē
in the Great Rāmāyaṇa
vālmīkīyē
composed by Vālmīki
utpatti
Utpatti, on creation
prakaraṇē
in the prakaraṇa (part)
līlā
of Līlā
upākhyānē
in the tale
sandēha
of doubt
rāṣṭra
of the realm
varṇanaṁ
the description
nāma
called
saptadaśaḥ
the seventeenth
sargaḥ
sarga