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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.17.56

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 17 · Verse 56

Verse 56

ददर्श तान्नृपान्सर्वान्पूर्वानेव यथास्थितान् । गुरूनार्यान्सखीन्सभ्यान् सुहृत्सम्बन्धिबान्धवान् ॥ ५६ ॥

dadarśa tānnṛpānsarvānpūrvānēva yathāsthitān | gurūnāryānsakhīnsabhyān suhṛtsambandhibāndhavān || 56 ||

Translation

She saw all those kings seated just as before; the teachers, the noble, her friends, the courtiers, the companions, relatives and kin.

Word by word

dadarśa
she saw
tān
those
nṛpān
kings
sarvān
all
pūrvān
before
ēva
just
yathāsthitān
seated as
gurūn
the teachers
āryān
the noble
sakhīn
her friends
sabhyān
the courtiers
suhṛt
companions
sambandhi
relatives
bāndhavān
and kin

Meaning

The commentary: she saw, seated in their places as before, all the kings, teachers, honoured ones, friends, courtiers, companions, relations and kin. This is the waking court: the same as the one she has just seen in the space of awareness.