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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.29

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 29

Verse 29

सदेहसंचरद्वज्रचक्रशूलासिशक्तिमत् । क्वचिन्निर्भित्तिभवनं गायन्नारदतुम्बुरु ॥ २९ ॥

sadēhasaṁcaradvajracakraśūlāsiśaktimat | kvacinnirbhittibhavanaṁ gāyannāradatumburu || 29 ||

Translation

with thunderbolt, discus, trident, sword and spear moving about in bodily form; in one place a hall without walls where Nārada and Tumburu are singing;

Word by word

sa
with
dēha
bodily form
saṁcarad
(sañcarat) moving about
vajra
thunderbolt
cakra
discus
śūla
trident
asi
sword
śaktimat
and spear
kvacin
(kvacit) in one place
nirbhitti
without walls
bhavanaṁ
a hall
gāyan
(gāyat) are singing
nārada
Nārada
tumburu
and Tumburu

Meaning

The gods' weapons have presiding deities who move about embodied. Nārada and Tumburu are the singers of heaven. From here the description becomes a litany of "in one place ... in another".