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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.2.13

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 2 · Verse 13

Verse 13

वनजङ्गलजालानि शैलानब्धितटानि च । द्वीपान्तराण्यरण्यानि नगराणि पुराणि च ॥ १३ ॥

vanajaṅgalajālāni śailānabdhitaṭāni ca | dvīpāntarāṇyaraṇyāni nagarāṇi purāṇi ca || 13 ||

Translation

the tangles of forest and jungle, the mountains, the shores of the oceans, the other continents, the wildernesses, cities and towns,

Word by word

vana
of forest
jaṅgala
and jungle
jālāni
the tangles
śailān
the mountains
abdhi
of the oceans
taṭāni
the shores
ca
and
dvīpa
continents
antarāṇi
the other
araṇyāni
the wildernesses
nagarāṇi
cities
purāṇi
towns

Meaning

The list continues: wild land and settled land, near and far. Nothing a creature might have touched is left out.