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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.21

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Level
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Sarga 27 · Verse 21

Verse 21

संसारमण्डले ह्यस्मिंस्तृतीयो वसुधाधिपः । महासंसारजलधिं पतितो भ्रममागतः ॥ २१ ॥

saṁsāramaṇḍalē hyasmiṁstṛtīyō vasudhādhipaḥ | mahāsaṁsārajaladhiṁ patitō bhramamāgataḥ || 21 ||

Translation

and in this sphere of becoming the third, a lord of the earth, has fallen into the great ocean of becoming and is lost in error.

Word by word

saṁsāra
of becoming
maṇḍalē
in sphere
hya
(hi) indeed
asmiṁs
(asmin) this
tṛtīyō
(tṛtīyaḥ) the third
vasudhā
of the earth
adhipaḥ
a lord
mahā
great
jaladhiṁ
into the ocean
patitō
(patitaḥ) has fallen
bhramam
in error
āgataḥ
is lost

Meaning

The third husband is the king Padma reborn as Vidūratha in the world Līlā visited in 3.17-18; he is lost in his kingship.