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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.51

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 51

Verse 51

मयूरहेमचूडादिपक्षिभिः क्वचिदावृतम् । विद्याधरीणां देवीनां वाहनैर्विहितास्पदैः ॥ ५१ ॥

mayūrahēmacūḍādipakṣibhiḥ kvacidāvṛtam | vidyādharīṇāṁ dēvīnāṁ vāhanairvihitāspadaiḥ || 51 ||

Translation

in one place covered with birds, peacocks, golden-crested ones and others, the mounts of the vidyādharīs and goddesses, which have made their homes there;

Word by word

mayūra
peacocks
hēmacūḍa
golden-crested ones
ādi
and others
pakṣibhiḥ
with birds
kvacid
(kvacit) in one place
āvṛtam
covered
vidyādharīṇāṁ
of the vidyādharīs
dēvīnāṁ
and goddesses
vāhanair
(vāhanaiḥ) the mounts
vihita
which have made
āspadaiḥ
their homes

Meaning

The vidyādharas are a race of sky-dwelling beings; their women and the goddesses ride birds, which nest in the sky.