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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.33

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 33

Verse 33

निःशङ्कया गतश्रीका मूका विलुलिताशयाः । अन्धेन तमसा पूर्णा गृहा गहनतां गताः ॥ ३३ ॥

niḥśaṅkayā gataśrīkā mūkā vilulitāśayāḥ | andhēna tamasā pūrṇā gṛhā gahanatāṁ gatāḥ || 33 ||

Translation

The houses, their splendour certainly gone, mute, their insides in disorder, filled with blind darkness, have become wildernesses.

Word by word

niḥśaṅkayā
certainly
gata
gone
śrīkā
their splendour
mūkā
mute
vilulita
in disorder
āśayāḥ
their insides
andhēna
blind
tamasā
with darkness
pūrṇā
filled
gṛhā
the houses
gahanatāṁ
wildernesses
gatāḥ
have become

Meaning

Another commentary: the houses, empty of joy and of all beauty, filled with great darkness, have become like a wilderness.