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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.21

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

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Sarga 25 · Verse 21

Verse 21

ततः सुरामहाम्भोधिलेखया पुष्पशुभ्रया । शेषस्य देहलतया हरिमूर्तिमिवाऽऽवृताम् ॥ २१ ॥

tataḥ surāmahāmbhōdhilēkhayā puṣpaśubhrayā | śēṣasya dēhalatayā harimūrtimivā’’vṛtām || 21 ||

Translation

then by the line of the great ocean of wine, white as flowers, as the form of Hari is wrapped in the creeper body of Śeṣa;

Word by word

tataḥ
then
surā
of wine
mahā
great
ambhōdhi
of the ocean
lēkhayā
by the line
puṣpa
as flowers
śubhrayā
white
śēṣasya
of Śeṣa
dēha
body
latayā
in the creeper
hari
of Hari
mūrtim
the form
iva
as
āvṛtām
is wrapped

Meaning

Another commentary: surrounded by the line of the great ocean of wine, as the image of Kṛṣṇa by the creeper-like body of Śeṣa. Viṣṇu lies on the coils of the serpent Śeṣa; so the white wine-sea coils around the land.