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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.17.40

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 40

Verse 40

द्विरष्टवर्षं भूपालं प्राक्तन्या जरसोज्झितम् । प्राक्तनीं जनतां सर्वां समस्तान् ग्रामवासिनः ॥ ४० ॥

dviraṣṭavarṣaṁ bhūpālaṁ prāktanyā jarasōjjhitam | prāktanīṁ janatāṁ sarvāṁ samastān grāmavāsinaḥ || 40 ||

Translation

the king, sixteen years old, free of his former old age; all the people of before, and all the villagers.

Word by word

dviraṣṭa
sixteen
varṣaṁ
years old
bhūpālaṁ
the king
prāktanyā
former
jarasā
of old age
ujjhitam
free
prāktanīṁ
of before
janatāṁ
the people
sarvāṁ
all
samastān
all
grāma
villagers
vāsinaḥ
dwellers

Meaning

The commentary: there she saw the king, sixteen years old, freed from the old age of his former life, and all the people and villagers of former times. The king's new world gives him back his youth: what he wished for himself has become his body.