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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.26.38

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 26 · Verse 38

Verse 38

गायत्किन्नरगन्धर्वविद्याधरसुराङ्गनम् । नूनमद्य नभो जातमस्मत्ताताभ्यलङ्कृतम् ॥ ३८ ॥

gāyatkinnaragandharvavidyādharasurāṅganam | nūnamadya nabhō jātamasmattātābhyalaṅkṛtam || 38 ||

Translation

Surely today the sky, with its singing kinnaras, gandharvas, vidyādharas and goddesses, has been adorned by our father and mother.

Word by word

gāyat
with its singing
kinnara
kinnaras
gandharva
gandharvas
vidyādhara
vidyādharas
surāṅganam
and goddesses
nūnam
surely
adya
today
nabhō
(nabhaḥ) the sky
jātam
has been
asmat
our
tātā
by father
abhya
(ambā) and mother
alaṅkṛtam
adorned

Meaning

The son consoles himself: if the earth is poorer, heaven is richer.