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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.16

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 27 · Verse 16

Verse 16

संपन्नो वसुधापीठे नानाजनपदेश्वरः । सर्वार्जवजवीभाव इहैवैवं व्यवस्थितः ॥ १६ ॥

saṁpannō vasudhāpīṭhē nānājanapadēśvaraḥ | sarvārjavajavībhāva ihaivaivaṁ vyavasthitaḥ || 16 ||

Translation

has become lord of many lands on the face of the earth; here, in the same way, stands every going and coming of the straight and the crooked.

Word by word

saṁpannō
(saṃpannaḥ) has become
vasudhā
of the earth
pīṭhē
on the face
nānā
many
janapada
lands
īśvaraḥ
lord
sarva
every
ārjava
of the straight
javībhāva
going and coming
iha
here
ēva
same
ēvaṁ
way
vyavasthitaḥ
stands

Meaning

Another commentary: in the true Brahman, the ground of all, without deceit, this whole play of māyā, its comings and goings, is imagined. All of it is "here".