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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.24.59

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 24 · Verse 59

Verse 59

क्वचिदत्यन्तसंशान्तवातादेकान्तनिर्ध्वनि । क्वचित् पर्वततुल्याभ्रशिखाकूटशतोदयम् ॥ ५९ ॥

kvacidatyantasaṁśāntavātādēkāntanirdhvani | kvacit parvatatulyābhraśikhākūṭaśatōdayam || 59 ||

Translation

in one place utterly soundless, the winds being wholly stilled; in another rising with hundreds of cloud-peaks and summits like mountains;

Word by word

kvacid
(kvacit) in one place
atyanta
utterly
saṁśānta
wholly stilled
vātād
(vātāt) the winds
ēkānta
utterly
nirdhvani
soundless
kvacit
in another
parvata
mountains
tulya
like
abhra
cloud
śikhā
peaks
kūṭa
and summits
śata
with hundreds
udayam
rising

Meaning

Perfect silence next to towering clouds.