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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.30

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 30

Verse 30

मेघमार्गमहामेघमहारम्भाकुलं क्वचित् । चित्रन्यस्तसमाकारमूककल्पान्तवारिदम् ॥ ३० ॥

mēghamārgamahāmēghamahārambhākulaṁ kvacit | citranyastasamākāramūkakalpāntavāridam || 30 ||

Translation

in one place crowded with the great work of great clouds in the path of clouds; in another with the clouds of the end of a kalpa, silent and still as though set in a painting;

Word by word

mēgha
of clouds
mārga
in the path
mahā
great; with the great
ārambha
work
ākulaṁ
crowded
kvacit
in one place
citra
in a painting
nyasta
set
sama
still
ākāra
as though
mūka
silent
kalpānta
of the end of a kalpa
vāridam
with clouds

Meaning

The commentary: in one place full of the dissolution's rain from great clouds like Puṣkara and Āvarta; in another the clouds of the end of a kalpa stand silent, like clouds in a picture.