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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.35

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 35

Verse 35

जातोऽहमभवं बालो वृद्धिं यातोऽहमीदृशः । बान्धवाश्चाऽस्य मे सर्वे तथैव विचरन्त्यमी ॥ ३५ ॥

jātō’hamabhavaṁ bālō vṛddhiṁ yātō’hamīdṛśaḥ | bāndhavāścā’sya mē sarvē tathaiva vicarantyamī || 35 ||

Translation

I was born, I was a child, I have grown, I am like this; and all these my kin move about just so."

Word by word

jātō
(jātaḥ) born
aham
I
abhavaṁ
was
bālō
(bālaḥ) a child
vṛddhiṁ
grown
yātō
(yātaḥ) have
īdṛśaḥ
like this
bāndhavāś
(bāndhavāḥ) kin
ca
and
asya
my
mē
my
sarvē
all
tathā
just
ēva
so
vicaranti
move about
amī
these

Meaning

The commentary: I was born, became a child, grew up; and all these kin of mine move about just as before.