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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.40

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 40

Verse 40

क्वचित्सूर्योदयमयं क्वचिद्रात्रितमोमयम् । क्वचित्सन्ध्यांशुकपिलं क्वचिन्नीहारधूसरम् ॥ ४० ॥

kvacitsūryōdayamayaṁ kvacidrātritamōmayam | kvacitsandhyāṁśukapilaṁ kvacinnīhāradhūsaram || 40 ||

Translation

in one place full of sunrise; in another of the darkness of night; in one place tawny with the rays of twilight; in another grey with mist;

Word by word

kvacit
in one place
sūrya
sun
udaya
rise
mayaṁ
full of
kvacid
(kvacit) in another
rātri
of night
tamō
(tamaḥ) the darkness
mayam
of
sandhyā
of twilight
aṁśu
with the rays
kapilaṁ
tawny
kvacin
(kvacit) in another
nīhāra
with mist
dhūsaram
grey

Meaning

Every time of day at once, in different regions of the same sky: what is one moment for one world is another moment for the next.