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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.15

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 15

Verse 15

ततोऽपि द्विगुणं देहं दधत्यावलयाकृतिम् । जगद्भूतलताव्याप्तां शाकाख्यद्वीपलेखया ॥ १५ ॥

tatō’pi dviguṇaṁ dēhaṁ dadhatyāvalayākṛtim | jagadbhūtalatāvyāptāṁ śākākhyadvīpalēkhayā || 15 ||

Translation

pervaded by the line of the island called Śāka, which holds a body twice that again, shaped like a ring, and spread over by the creepers of the beings of the world;

Word by word

tatō
(tataḥ) that
api
again
dviguṇaṁ
twice
dēhaṁ
a body
dadhatyā
which holds
valaya
a ring
ākṛtim
shaped like
jagad
(jagat) of the world
bhūta
of the beings
latā
by the creepers
vyāptāṁ
pervaded
śāka
Śāka
ākhya
called
dvīpa
of the island
lēkhayā
by the line

Meaning

The second continent, Śākadvīpa, named after the śāka tree.