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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.13

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 13

Verse 13

द्रुतहेमरसापूरसरित्सरणहारिणा । देहप्रभाप्रवाहेण कनकीकृतकाननम् ॥ १३ ॥

drutahēmarasāpūrasaritsaraṇahāriṇā | dēhaprabhāpravāhēṇa kanakīkṛtakānanam || 13 ||

Translation

turning the forest to gold with the flow of radiance from their bodies, lovely as the course of a river flooded with molten gold;

Word by word

druta
molten
hēma
gold
rasa
liquid
āpūra
flooded
sarit
of a river
saraṇa
as the course
hāriṇā
lovely
dēha
from their bodies
prabhā
of radiance
pravāhēṇa
with the flow
kanakīkṛta
turning to gold
kānanam
the forest

Meaning

Their radiance gilds the woods as a river of molten gold would.