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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.17.39

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 39

Verse 39

महीरुहनदीशैलपुरपत्तनमण्डितम् । नानानगरविन्यासजङ्गलग्रामसङ्कुलम् ॥ ३९ ॥

mahīruhanadīśailapurapattanamaṇḍitam | nānānagaravinyāsajaṅgalagrāmasaṅkulam || 39 ||

Translation

the land adorned with trees, rivers, mountains, cities and towns, crowded with forests and villages laid out among cities of many kinds;

Word by word

mahīruha
with trees
nadī
rivers
śaila
mountains
pura
cities
pattana
and towns
maṇḍitam
adorned
nānā
of many kinds
nagara
among cities
vinyāsa
laid out
jaṅgala
with forests
grāma
and villages
saṅkulam
crowded

Meaning

The commentary: she saw a place adorned with trees, rivers, mountains, villages and great cities, full of forests in which many kinds of towns had been built.