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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.4

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

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Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 4

शृङ्गस्थनिर्मलाम्भोदपीनोदरसुधालये । विशश्रमतुराशासु पूर्णचन्द्रोदरामले ॥ ४ ॥

śṛṅgasthanirmalāmbhōdapīnōdarasudhālayē | viśaśramaturāśāsu pūrṇacandrōdarāmalē || 4 ||

  • Another reading: भृङ्गस्थनिर्मलाम्भोद (bhṛṅgasthanirmalāmbhōda) for शृङ्गस्थनिर्मलाम्भोद

Translation

They rested in the directions, on clouds that stood on peaks, homes of nectar with full bellies of clear water, spotless within like the full moon.

Word by word

śṛṅgastha
that stood on peaks
nirmala
clear
ambhōda
on clouds
pīna
full
udara
bellies; within like
sudhā
of nectar
ālayē
homes
viśaśramatur
(viśaśramatuḥ) they rested
āśāsu
in the directions
pūrṇa
full
candra
moon
amalē
spotless

Meaning

Another commentary: in the sky, in the directions, they rested in the broad middle of clear clouds standing on the peaks of Meru and the other mountains. the commentary: in palaces inside the great bodies of white clouds on the mountain-tops, bright as the middle of the moon.