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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.15

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 15

Verse 15

पारिजातलतालोलविमानगणकेतनम् । अतो मञ्जरिकाकारमिव वैदूर्यभूतलम् ॥ १५ ॥

pārijātalatālōlavimānagaṇakētanam | atō mañjarikākāramiva vaidūryabhūtalam || 15 ||

Translation

the dwelling of hosts of heavenly cars swaying over the creepers of the pārijāta, and so, seen from afar, like a ground of lapis lazuli in the shape of a cluster of blossoms;

Word by word

pārijāta
of the pārijāta
latā
over the creepers
lōla
swaying
vimāna
of heavenly cars
gaṇa
of hosts
kētanam
the dwelling
atō
(ataḥ) and so
mañjarikā
of blossoms
ākāram
in the shape
iva
like
vaidūrya
of lapis lazuli
bhūtalam
a ground

Meaning

The commentary: near at hand, the heavenly cars over the pārijāta groves look like a spray of its blossom; from afar, like ground made of lapis. The pārijāta is the coral tree of Indra's heaven.