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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.11

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 11

Verse 11

उपर्युपर्युपर्युच्चैरन्यैरन्यैर्वृतं पृथक् । विचित्राभरणाकारैर्भूतलैः सुविमानकैः ॥ ११ ॥

uparyuparyuparyuccairanyairanyairvṛtaṁ pṛthak | vicitrābharaṇākārairbhūtalaiḥ suvimānakaiḥ || 11 ||

Translation

surrounded, higher and higher and higher still, by others and others, each apart, by earths shaped like varied ornaments, with fine heavenly cars;

Word by word

uparya
(upari) higher
upary
(upari) higher
upari
higher still
uccair
(uccaiḥ) high
anyair
(anyaiḥ) by others
vṛtaṁ
surrounded
pṛthak
each apart
vicitra
varied
ābharaṇa
ornaments
ākārair
(ākāraiḥ) shaped like
bhūtalaiḥ
by earths
su
fine
vimānakaiḥ
with heavenly cars

Meaning

World above world: each earth with its own heavenly cars, separate, set one over another like the tiers of a jewelled ornament.