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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.30

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 30

Verse 30

नभसेव चतुर्दिक्कं व्याप्तामतुलवारिणा । एतस्मादेव सर्वस्मात्ततो दशगुणात्मना ॥ ३० ॥

nabhasēva caturdikkaṁ vyāptāmatulavāriṇā | ētasmādēva sarvasmāttatō daśaguṇātmanā || 30 ||

Translation

pervaded in the four directions by a water beyond compare, as if by the sky; then, beyond all this, by one ten times as great,

Word by word

nabhasā
by the sky
iva
as if
caturdikkaṁ
in the four directions
vyāptām
pervaded
atula
beyond compare
vāriṇā
by a water
ētasmād
(etasmāt) beyond this
ēva
just
sarvasmāt
all
tatō
(tataḥ) then
daśa
ten
guṇa
times
ātmanā
as great

Meaning

Another commentary: surrounded on every side by boundless water, like the sky.