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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.21.78

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 21 · Verse 78

Verse 78

संसारसम्भवश्चाऽयं निर्मूलत्वमुपैष्यति । निर्विकल्पसमाधानं प्रतिष्ठामलमेष्यति ॥ ७८ ॥

saṁsārasambhavaścā’yaṁ nirmūlatvamupaiṣyati | nirvikalpasamādhānaṁ pratiṣṭhāmalamēṣyati || 78 ||

Translation

and this birth of the round of becoming will be uprooted, and the settledness without alternatives will reach its firm footing in full.

Word by word

saṁsāra
of the round of becoming
sambhavaś
(sambhavaḥ) birth
ca
and
ayaṁ
this
nirmūlatvam
uprooted
upaiṣyati
will be
nirvikalpa
without alternatives
samādhānaṁ
settledness
pratiṣṭhām
firm footing
alam
in full
ēṣyati
will reach

Meaning

The commentary: the arising of the round of becoming will become rootless, and nirvikalpa samādhi will reach the highest steadiness. The goddess describes not a new attainment but the uprooting of what was never rooted.