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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.50

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 50

Verse 50

शुक्रवाहनभेकौघैः क्वचिद् गलकृतारवम् । शून्यतावारिवलितं क्षेत्रमाकाशवासिनाम् ॥ ५० ॥

śukravāhanabhēkaughaiḥ kvacid galakṛtāravam | śūnyatāvārivalitaṁ kṣētramākāśavāsinām || 50 ||

Translation

in one place resounding with croaking from the throats of hosts of frogs, the mounts of Śukra; a field of the dwellers in the sky, surrounded by the water of emptiness;

Word by word

śukra
of Śukra
vāhana
the mounts
bhēka
of frogs
ōghaiḥ
of hosts
kvacid
(kvacit) in one place
gala
from the throats
kṛta
made
āravam
resounding with croaking
śūnyatā
of emptiness
vāri
by the water
valitaṁ
surrounded
kṣētram
a field
ākāśa
in the sky
vāsinām
of the dwellers

Meaning

Even frogs live in this sky: the commentary, frogs that are the mounts of Śukra and other sky-dwellers. And the sky is a field for its dwellers, watered by emptiness.