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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.18.4

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 18 · Verse 4

तालीतमालहिन्तालमालिता गिरयोऽप्यमी । यथा तत्र तथेहाऽपि बत मायेयमातता ॥ ४ ॥

tālītamālahintālamālitā girayō’pyamī | yathā tatra tathēhā’pi bata māyēyamātatā || 4 ||

Translation

These mountains too, garlanded with tālī, tamāla and hintāla, are here as they are there: ah, how far this māyā is spread!

Word by word

tālī
with tālī
tamāla
tamāla
hintāla
and hintāla
mālitā
garlanded
girayō
(girayaḥ) mountains
api
too
amī
these
yathā
as
tatra
there
tathā
so
iha
here
bata
ah
māyā
māyā
iyam
this
ātatā
is spread

Meaning

The commentary: these mountains, adorned with tālī, tamāla and other trees, are seen here as they were seen there; how wonderful, how widely this māyā has spread! Not only the people but the landscape is doubled.