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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.32

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 32

Verse 32

मेर्वाद्यचलसङ्घातं नयता तृणपांसुवत् । वहताऽद्रीन्द्रविस्फोटकारिणा जवहारिणा ॥ ३२ ॥

mērvādyacalasaṅghātaṁ nayatā tṛṇapāṁsuvat | vahatā’drīndravisphōṭakāriṇā javahāriṇā || 32 ||

Translation

by a wind that carries off the mass of mountains, Meru and the rest, like straw and dust, that blows, shattering the kings of mountains, that steals all speed,

Word by word

mēru
Meru
ādya
and the rest
acala
of mountains
saṅghātaṁ
the mass
nayatā
that carries off
tṛṇa
straw
pāṁsu
and dust
vat
like
vahatā
that blows
adri
of mountains
indra
the kings
visphōṭa
shattering
kāriṇā
making
java
all speed
hāriṇā
that steals

Meaning

The wind of the dissolution, to which mountains are straw.