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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.19.21

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 19 · Verse 21

Verse 21

प्रभावजितभूपीठः प्रतापाक्रान्तविष्टपः । कृपापालितपातालस्त्रिलोकविजयी नृपः ॥ २१ ॥

prabhāvajitabhūpīṭhaḥ pratāpākrāntaviṣṭapaḥ | kṛpāpālitapātālastrilōkavijayī nṛpaḥ || 21 ||

Translation

a king who won the earth by his might, overran heaven by his glory, protected the nether world by his grace: the conqueror of the three worlds;

Word by word

prabhāva
by his might
jita
who won
bhūpīṭhaḥ
the earth
pratāpa
by his glory
ākrānta
overran
viṣṭapaḥ
heaven
kṛpā
by his grace
pālita
protected
pātālas
(pātālaḥ) the nether world
trilōka
of the three worlds
vijayī
the conqueror
nṛpaḥ
a king

Meaning

The commentary: by his power he won the earth, by his glory he spread over heaven, by his grace he protected the nether world, so the three worlds were his. The praise that follows is Padma's: the brahmin's wish has come true as King Padma.