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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.29

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 29

Verse 29

दिवसं प्रति वृक्षाणामवश्यायाश्रुबिन्दवः । गुच्छलोचनकोशेभ्यस्तापोष्णा निपतन्त्यधः ॥ २९ ॥

divasaṁ prati vṛkṣāṇāmavaśyāyāśrubindavaḥ | gucchalōcanakōśēbhyastāpōṣṇā nipatantyadhaḥ || 29 ||

Translation

Every day drops of dew, the trees' tears, hot with grief, fall down from the sockets of their eyes, the flower clusters.

Word by word

divasaṁ
day
prati
every
vṛkṣāṇām
the trees'
avaśyāya
of dew
aśru
tears
bindavaḥ
drops
guccha
the flower clusters
lōcana
of their eyes
kōśēbhyas
(kośebhyaḥ) from the sockets
tāpa
with grief
uṣṇā
hot
nipatantya
(nipatanti) fall
adhaḥ
down

Meaning

Dew on the trees is pictured as their tears, falling every morning from the flower clusters, which are their eyes.