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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.12

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 12

Verse 12

लम्बालकलतालोललोचनालिविलोकनैः । किरत् कुवलयोन्मिश्रमालतीकुसुमोत्करान् ॥ १२ ॥

lambālakalatālōlalōcanālivilōkanaiḥ | kirat kuvalayōnmiśramālatīkusumōtkarān || 12 ||

Translation

with the glances of their eyes, bees moving restless among the creepers of their hanging curls, scattering heaps of mālatī flowers mixed with blue lotuses;

Word by word

lamba
hanging
alaka
of their curls
latā
among the creepers
lōla
restless
lōcana
of their eyes
ali
bees
vilōkanaiḥ
with the glances
kirat
scattering
kuvalaya
with blue lotuses
unmiśra
mixed
mālatī
of mālatī
kusuma
flowers
utkarān
heaps

Meaning

Their dark eyes are bees, and their glances seem to shower jasmine and blue lotuses on all they look at.