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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.47

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 47

Verse 47

क्वचिच्छुभग्रहगणप्रगृहीताग्र्यमण्डलम् । क्वचिद्रात्रितमोव्याप्तं क्वचिद्दिवसभास्वरम् ॥ ४७ ॥

kvacicchubhagrahagaṇapragṛhītāgryamaṇḍalam | kvacidrātritamōvyāptaṁ kvaciddivasabhāsvaram || 47 ||

Translation

in one place its high circle held by hosts of auspicious planets; in another pervaded by the darkness of night; in another bright with the day;

Word by word

kvacic
(kvacit) in one place
śubha
auspicious
graha
of planets
gaṇa
by hosts
pragṛhīta
held
agrya
high
maṇḍalam
its circle
kvacid
(kvacit) in another
rātri
of night
tamō
(tamaḥ) by the darkness
vyāptaṁ
pervaded
divasa
with the day
bhāsvaram
bright

Meaning

The benign planets, the sun, the moon and the others, hold the upper sky.