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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.10

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 10

Verse 10

आपादविविधाम्लानमालावलनसुन्दरम् । वसन्तलक्ष्म्योर्युगलमिवाऽऽमोदितकाननम् ॥ १० ॥

āpādavividhāmlānamālāvalanasundaram | vasantalakṣmyōryugalamivā’’mōditakānanam || 10 ||

Translation

lovely with fresh garlands of many kinds wound to their feet, like the pair of Spring and Beauty, making the forest fragrant;

Word by word

āpāda
to their feet
vividha
of many kinds
amlāna
fresh
mālā
with garlands
valana
wound
sundaram
lovely
vasanta
of Spring
lakṣmyōr
(lakṣmyoḥ) and Beauty
yugalam
the pair
iva
like
āmōdita
making fragrant
kānanam
the forest

Meaning

Garlanded from head to foot, they are like Spring and its Beauty walking together.