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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.19

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 19

Verse 19

पपात पादयोर्गेहे तयोर्वै कुसुमाञ्जलिः । प्रालेयसीकरासारः पद्मिन्या इव पद्मयोः ॥ १९ ॥

papāta pādayōrgēhē tayōrvai kusumāñjaliḥ | prālēyasīkarāsāraḥ padminyā iva padmayōḥ || 19 ||

Translation

The handful of flowers fell at the two women's feet in the house, like a shower of dewdrops of a lotus plant on two lotuses.

Word by word

papāta
fell
pādayōr
(pādayoḥ) at the feet
gēhē
in the house
tayōr
(tayoḥ) of the two
vai
indeed
kusuma
of flowers
añjaliḥ
the handful
prālēya
of dew
sīkara
drops
āsāraḥ
a shower
padminyā
of a lotus plant
iva
like
padmayōḥ
on two lotuses

Meaning

The feet are lotuses, the flowers dew.