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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.26

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 27 · Verse 26

Verse 26

अन्य एव हि संसारः सोऽन्यो ब्रह्माण्डमण्डपः । अन्या एव तता वत्से व्यवहारपरम्पराः ॥ २६ ॥

anya ēva hi saṁsāraḥ sō’nyō brahmāṇḍamaṇḍapaḥ | anyā ēva tatā vatsē vyavahāraparamparāḥ || 26 ||

Translation

For each is another world, another pavilion of the world-egg, and other, child, are the chains of dealings spread out there.

Word by word

anya
(anyaḥ) another
ēva
each
hi
for
saṁsāraḥ
world
sō
(saḥ) that
anyō
(anyaḥ) another
brahmāṇḍa
of the world-egg
maṇḍapaḥ
pavilion
anyā
other
tatā
spread out
vatsē
child
vyavahāra
of dealings
paramparāḥ
the chains

Meaning

Each husband lives in his own universe, with its own order and its own history. To join one is to enter that whole world.