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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.23.14

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 23 · Verse 14

Verse 14

अथ ते ललने लीलालोले ललितलोचने । स्वभावाच्चेत्यसंवित्तेर्नभो दूरमितो गते ॥ १४ ॥

atha tē lalanē līlālōlē lalitalōcanē | svabhāvāccētyasaṁvittērnabhō dūramitō gatē || 14 ||

Translation

Then the two women, playful and lively, with lovely eyes, by the very nature of awareness of the knowable, went far from here into the sky.

Word by word

atha
then
tē
the two
lalanē
women
līlā
playful
lōlē
lively
lalita
lovely
lōcanē
with eyes
svabhāvāc
(svabhāvāt) by the very nature
cētya
of the knowable
saṁvittēr
(saṃvitteḥ) of awareness
nabhō
(nabhaḥ) into the sky
dūram
far
itō
(itaḥ) from here
gatē
went

Meaning

The commentary: by the nature of knowing objects, that is, through the imagining of dealings that follows on objects, they went far off into the sky. Awareness that knows objects goes where its objects are; so the journey is a movement of knowing, not of bodies.