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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.13

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

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Level
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Sarga 25 · Verse 13

Verse 13

लक्षयोजनविस्तीर्णामाकीर्णां च रजोलवैः । नानाजनपदव्यूहस्थिरावश्यायसीकराम् ॥ १३ ॥

lakṣayōjanavistīrṇāmākīrṇāṁ ca rajōlavaiḥ | nānājanapadavyūhasthirāvaśyāyasīkarām || 13 ||

Translation

spread a hundred thousand yojanas and strewn with specks of dust, the assemblies of its many lands its lasting drops of dew;

Word by word

lakṣa
a hundred thousand
yōjana
yojanas
vistīrṇām
spread
ākīrṇāṁ
strewn
ca
and
rajō
(rajaḥ) of dust
lavaiḥ
with specks
nānā
many
janapada
of lands
vyūha
the assemblies
sthira
lasting
avaśyāya
of dew
sīkarām
its drops

Meaning

Jambudvīpa is a hundred thousand yojanas across. Another commentary: filled with dust, with the many lands as steady drops of dew.