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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.1

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 1

श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । इति ते वरवर्णिन्यौ ततो ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलात् । निर्गत्याऽन्यदनुप्राप्ते यत्र तद्ब्राह्मणास्पदम् ॥ १ ॥

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | iti tē varavarṇinyau tatō brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalāt | nirgatyā’nyadanuprāptē yatra tadbrāhmaṇāspadam || 1 ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha said: So those two fair women, going out from that sphere of the world-egg, reached the other, where the brahmin's dwelling was.

Word by word

iti
so
tē
those two
varavarṇinyau
fair women
tatō
(tataḥ) that
brahmāṇḍa
of the world-egg
maṇḍalāt
from the sphere
nirgatya
going out
anyad
(anyat) the other
anuprāptē
reached
yatra
where
tad
(tat) that
brāhmaṇa
the brahmin's
āspadam
dwelling

Meaning

Another commentary: the two left the world-egg that held King Padma's realm and came into the other world-egg, where the brahmin's house stood. Each world is a whole universe; to go from one to the other is to leave one cosmos and enter another, and all of it within awareness.

About sarga 26Seeing her sons and kin in her former home and hearing their grief, Līlā shows them grace; the truth of the world.