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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.17

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 17

Verse 17

तालीतमालखण्डानां शुष्काणां शुचिशोचिषाम् । आलोकनामृतासेकैर्जनयद्बालपल्लवान् ॥ १७ ॥

tālītamālakhaṇḍānāṁ śuṣkāṇāṁ śuciśōciṣām | ālōkanāmṛtāsēkairjanayadbālapallavān || 17 ||

Translation

bringing forth young shoots on the withered clumps of palm and tamāla, scorched by the bright heat, with the sprinkling of the nectar of their glance.

Word by word

tālī
of palm
tamāla
and tamāla
khaṇḍānāṁ
on the clumps
śuṣkāṇāṁ
withered
śuci
by the bright
śōciṣām
heat
ālōkana
of their glance
amṛta
of the nectar
āsēkair
(āsekaiḥ) with the sprinkling
janayad
(janayat) bringing forth
bāla
young
pallavān
shoots

Meaning

Their glance restores what grief had dried, as the next verses will show it restoring the family.