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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.13

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 27 · Verse 13

Verse 13

लीलोवाच । इहैव मन्दिराकाशे पतिर्विप्रो ममाऽभवत् । इहैव स मृतो भूत्वा संपन्नो वसुधाधिपः ॥ १३ ॥

līlōvāca | ihaiva mandirākāśē patirviprō mamā’bhavat | ihaiva sa mṛtō bhūtvā saṁpannō vasudhādhipaḥ || 13 ||

Translation

Līlā said: Here, in the space of this house, my husband was a brahmin; here he died and became a lord of the earth.

Word by word

iha
here
ēva
just
mandira
of this house
ākāśē
in the space
patir
(patiḥ) husband
viprō
(vipraḥ) a brahmin
mama
my
abhavat
was
sa
he
mṛtō
(mṛtaḥ) died
bhūtvā
having
saṁpannō
(saṃpannaḥ) became
vasudhā
of the earth
adhipaḥ
a lord

Meaning

Līlā recalls the whole strange geography: everything happened "here", in one room.