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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.31

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 31

Verse 31

उत्पतत्कज्जलाद्रीन्द्रसुन्दराम्भोधरं क्वचित् । क्वचित्कनकनिष्पन्दकान्ततापान्तवारिदम् ॥ ३१ ॥

utpatatkajjalādrīndrasundarāmbhōdharaṁ kvacit | kvacitkanakaniṣpandakāntatāpāntavāridam || 31 ||

Translation

in one place with clouds rising lovely as kings of collyrium mountains; in another with clouds at the end of the hot season, lovely as streams of molten gold;

Word by word

utpatat
rising
kajjala
of collyrium
adri
mountains
indra
as kings
sundara
lovely
ambhōdharaṁ
with clouds
kvacit
in one place
kanaka
of gold
niṣpanda
as streams
kānta
lovely
tāpa
of the hot season
anta
at the end
vāridam
with clouds

Meaning

Black monsoon clouds like mountains of eye-black; then, at summer's end, clouds lit gold by the sun.