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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.29

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 29

Verse 29

अज्ञातभूतसञ्चारनाम्नाऽरण्येन मालिताम् । एतस्मादेव सर्वस्मात्ततो दशगुणात्मना ॥ २९ ॥

ajñātabhūtasañcāranāmnā’raṇyēna mālitām | ētasmādēva sarvasmāttatō daśaguṇātmanā || 29 ||

Translation

garlanded by a forest called "where no being's passage is known"; then, beyond all this, by one ten times as great,

Word by word

ajñāta
is known
bhūta
no being's
sañcāra
passage
nāmnā
called
araṇyēna
by a forest
mālitām
garlanded
ētasmād
(etasmāt) beyond this
ēva
just
sarvasmāt
all
tatō
(tataḥ) then
daśa
ten
guṇa
times
ātmanā
as great

Meaning

Beyond the mountains, a forest where no creature has ever been known to go.