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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.28

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 28

Verse 28

वलितां त्रिजगल्लक्ष्मीधम्मिल्लवलनामिव । एतस्मादेव सर्वस्मात्ततो दशगुणात्मना ॥ २८ ॥

valitāṁ trijagallakṣmīdhammillavalanāmiva | ētasmādēva sarvasmāttatō daśaguṇātmanā || 28 ||

Translation

encircled, as if it were the braid of the Fortune of the three worlds wound about; then, beyond all this, by one ten times as great,

Word by word

valitāṁ
encircled
tri
three
jagat
of the worlds
lakṣmī
of the Fortune
dhammilla
the braid
valanām
wound about
iva
as if
ētasmād
(etasmāt) beyond this
ēva
just
sarvasmāt
all
tatō
(tataḥ) then
daśa
ten
guṇa
times
ātmanā
as great

Meaning

The garland of mountains around the earth is like the coil of a woman's braided hair: the earth is the head of Śrī, the glory of the three worlds.