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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.2

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 2

ततो ददृशतुः सद्म स्वमेवं सिद्धयोषितौ । अदृश्ये एव लोकस्य मण्डपं ब्राह्मणास्पदम् ॥ २ ॥

tatō dadṛśatuḥ sadma svamēvaṁ siddhayōṣitau | adṛśyē ēva lōkasya maṇḍapaṁ brāhmaṇāspadam || 2 ||

Translation

Then the two perfected women saw their own house, the hall that was the brahmin's dwelling, themselves unseen by the people.

Word by word

tatō
(tataḥ) then
dadṛśatuḥ
the two saw
sadma
house
svam
their own
ēvaṁ
thus
siddha
perfected
yōṣitau
women
adṛśyē
unseen
ēva
themselves
lōkasya
by the people
maṇḍapaṁ
the hall
brāhmaṇa
the brahmin's
āspadam
dwelling

Meaning

For Līlā the house is "her own": she was Arundhatī, the brahmin's wife. The two are not seen, being in bodies of awareness.