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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.25.7

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 25 · Verse 7

असुरस्त्रैणवल्लर्या संभोगसुकुमारया । प्राप्यं भूभृन्महाबीजहृदयं भूतबीजया ॥ ७ ॥

asurastraiṇavallaryā saṁbhōgasukumārayā | prāpyaṁ bhūbhṛnmahābījahṛdayaṁ bhūtabījayā || 7 ||

Translation

its heart, the great seed that is the mountains, to be reached by the creeper of the women of the asuras, tender in enjoyment, whose seed is beings;

Word by word

asura
of the asuras
straiṇa
of the women
vallaryā
by the creeper
saṁbhōga
in enjoyment
sukumārayā
tender
prāpyaṁ
to be reached
bhūbhṛn
(bhūbhṛt) the mountains
mahā
great
bīja
seed
hṛdayaṁ
its heart
bhūta
is beings
bījayā
whose seed

Meaning

Another commentary: below the stalk, the asura women, tender in pleasure, are the creeper of the lotus stem, the seed of the beings of the nether world; and the heart of the lotus, reached by them, is the great seed, Meru and the other mountains, the life of the world. A difficult verse, built entirely of the lotus image.