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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.17.34

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 34

Verse 34

प्राक्तनानेव तान् सर्वान् स्वान् ददर्श सभागतान् । भूभृतेव सुसंप्राप्तान् नगरान्नगरान्तरम् ॥ ३४ ॥

prāktanānēva tān sarvān svān dadarśa sabhāgatān | bhūbhṛtēva susaṁprāptān nagarānnagarāntaram || 34 ||

Translation

She saw all her own people of before, come into the assembly, as if the king had brought them over from one city to another.

Word by word

prāktanān
of before
ēva
just
tān
them
sarvān
all
svān
her own people
dadarśa
she saw
sabhā
into the assembly
āgatān
come
bhūbhṛtā
by the king
iva
as if
susaṁprāptān
brought over
nagarān
(nagarāt) from one city
nagara
city
antaram
to another

Meaning

The commentary: there Līlā saw all her old people sitting in the assembly, those she used to see, as though they had all gone with the king from one city to another.