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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.17.32

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 32

Verse 32

भ्रमन्तीं तत्र तामग्रे ददृशुस्ते न केचन । सङ्कल्पमात्ररचितां पुरुषाः कामिनीमिव ॥ ३२ ॥

bhramantīṁ tatra tāmagrē dadṛśustē na kēcana | saṅkalpamātraracitāṁ puruṣāḥ kāminīmiva || 32 ||

Translation

As she wandered there before them, none of them saw her, as men do not see a woman made only by someone's imagining.

Word by word

bhramantīṁ
as she wandered
tatra
there
tām
her
agrē
before them
dadṛśus
(dadṛśuḥ) saw
tē
they
na
not
kēcana
none
saṅkalpa
by imagining
mātra
only
racitāṁ
made
puruṣāḥ
men
kāminīm
a woman
iva
as

Meaning

The commentary: though she wandered in front of everyone there, no one saw Līlā, made of resolve alone, as men do not see a woman someone else has imagined.