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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.2

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 27 · Verse 2

अस्माकं वनदेवीभ्यां प्रसादः कृत इत्यथ । शान्तदुःखे गृहजने स्वव्यापारपरे स्थिते ॥ २ ॥

asmākaṁ vanadēvībhyāṁ prasādaḥ kṛta ityatha | śāntaduḥkhē gṛhajanē svavyāpāraparē sthitē || 2 ||

Translation

Then, when the household, its sorrow calmed, had gone back to its own work, saying "The forest goddesses have shown us grace,"

Word by word

asmākaṁ
to us
vana
of the forest
dēvībhyāṁ
by the goddesses
prasādaḥ
grace
kṛta
shown
itya
(iti) thus
atha
then
śānta
calmed
duḥkhē
its sorrow
gṛha
house
janē
when the hold
sva
own
vyāpāra
to its work
parē
gone back
sthitē
had

Meaning

The family does not know whom it has seen; it is enough for them that their grief has lifted. The sentence runs into the next verse.