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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.18.37

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 18 · Verse 37

Verse 37

तत्र कस्मिंश्चिदेकस्मिन् कोणेष्वम्बरकोटरे । शैललोष्टतलेष्वेको गिरिग्रामकगर्त्तकः ॥ ३७ ॥

tatra kasmiṁścidēkasmin kōṇēṣvambarakōṭarē | śailalōṣṭatalēṣvēkō girigrāmakagarttakaḥ || 37 ||

Translation

There, in one of its corners, in a hollow of the sky, beneath the clods that are mountains, there is a hill village in a dip.

Word by word

tatra
there
kasmiṁścid
(kasmiṃścit) one
ēkasmin
in one
kōṇēṣu
of its corners
ambara
of the sky
kōṭarē
in a hollow
śaila
that are mountains
lōṣṭa
the clods
talēṣu
beneath
ēkō
(ekaḥ) one
giri
hill
grāmaka
village
garttakaḥ
in a dip

Meaning

The commentary: in a corner of that old temple of the world, in a room of space, beneath a clod of earth that is a mountain, there is a small mountain village in a hollow. From the cosmic house the tale narrows to one village.