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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.11

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 11

Verse 11

तां योजनशताकारैः प्रतिराकं प्रबोधिभिः । सागरैर्भ्रमरैर्व्याप्तां दिक्चतुष्टयशालिभिः ॥ ११ ॥

tāṁ yōjanaśatākāraiḥ pratirākaṁ prabōdhibhiḥ | sāgarairbhramarairvyāptāṁ dikcatuṣṭayaśālibhiḥ || 11 ||

Translation

pervaded by the seas, a hundred yojanas in extent, swelling at each full moon, glorious in the four directions, like bees;

Word by word

tāṁ
it
yōjana
yojanas
śata
a hundred
ākāraiḥ
in extent
pratirākaṁ
at each full moon
prabōdhibhiḥ
swelling
sāgarair
(sāgaraiḥ) by the seas
bhramarair
(bhramaraiḥ) like bees
vyāptāṁ
pervaded
dik
directions
catuṣṭaya
in the four
śālibhiḥ
glorious

Meaning

Another commentary: surrounded on four sides by oceans that rise at each full moon. The tide is the ocean's waking, and the seas hum about the lotus like bees.