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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.8

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 8

तादृग्लोकान्तरं सा भूस्ते शैलास्ता दिशो दश । कथं भान्ति गृहस्याऽन्तर्मद्भर्त्ता येष्ववस्थितः ॥ ८ ॥

tādṛglōkāntaraṁ sā bhūstē śailāstā diśō daśa | kathaṁ bhānti gṛhasyā’ntarmadbharttā yēṣvavasthitaḥ || 8 ||

Translation

That other world, that earth, those mountains, those ten directions in which my husband stands: how do they shine inside a house?

Word by word

tādṛg
(tādṛk) that
lōkāntaraṁ
other world
sā
that
bhūs
(bhūḥ) earth
tē
those
śailās
(śailāḥ) mountains
tā
(tāḥ) those
diśō
(diśaḥ) directions
daśa
ten
kathaṁ
how
bhānti
do shine
gṛhasya
a house
antar
(antaḥ) inside
mad
(mat) my
bharttā
husband
yēṣu
in which
avasthitaḥ
stands

Meaning

The commentary: such a world, the earth, mountains, the ten directions, in which my husband dwells: how can they appear inside one house?