वसिष्ठ इति नाम्नाऽसौ तस्याऽभूदिन्दुसुन्दरी । नाम्ना त्वरुन्धती भार्या भूमिव्योमन्यरुन्धती ॥ २ ॥
vasiṣṭha iti nāmnā’sau tasyā’bhūdindusundarī | nāmnā tvarundhatī bhāryā bhūmivyōmanyarundhatī || 2 ||
Translation
He was named Vasiṣṭha; his wife, lovely as the moon, was named Arundhatī: an Arundhatī in the sky of the earth.
Word by word
- vasiṣṭha
- Vasiṣṭha
- iti
- as
- nāmnā
- named; by name
- asau
- he
- tasya
- his
- abhūd
- (abhūt) was
- indu
- as the moon
- sundarī
- lovely
- tu
- and
- arundhatī
- Arundhatī
- bhāryā
- wife
- bhūmi
- of the earth
- vyōmani
- in the sky
Meaning
The commentary: that brahmin's name was Vasiṣṭha, and his wife, beautiful as the moon, was named Arundhatī: like the Arundhatī of heaven, but on the earth, which is her heaven. Arundhatī, the sage Vasiṣṭha's wife, is also a star beside the Great Bear, the model of a faithful wife.