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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.19.7

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 19 · Verse 7

चामरैः कीर्णचन्द्रांशु पताकाभिर्लतावनम् । कुर्वाणं खं सितच्छत्रमण्डलैः रूप्यकुट्टिमम् ॥ ७ ॥

cāmaraiḥ kīrṇacandrāṁśu patākābhirlatāvanam | kurvāṇaṁ khaṁ sitacchatramaṇḍalaiḥ rūpyakuṭṭimam || 7 ||

Translation

making the forest of creepers, with his chowries and banners, strewn with moonbeams, and the sky, with the circles of his white umbrellas, a silver floor;

Word by word

cāmaraiḥ
with his chowries
kīrṇa
strewn
candra
with moon
aṁśu
beams
patākābhir
(patākābhiḥ) and banners
latā
of creepers
vanaṁ
the forest
kurvāṇaṁ
making
khaṁ
the sky
sita
white
chatra
of umbrellas
maṇḍalaiḥ
with the circles
rūpya
silver
kuṭṭimam
a floor

Meaning

The commentary: with his whisks and banners he made the forest of creepers look as if moonlight lay on it; with his white umbrellas he made the sky a silver pavement.