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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.39

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 39

Verse 39

गोमयासिक्तवलयकरनारीकृतक्रुधम् । धम्मिल्लवलनाव्यग्रत्रस्तस्त्रीविहसज्जनम् ॥ ३९ ॥

gōmayāsiktavalayakaranārīkṛtakrudham | dhammillavalanāvyagratrastastrīvihasajjanam || 39 ||

Translation

its women angry, their bangled hands smeared with cow-dung; its people laughing at women frightened and busy doing up their hair,

Word by word

gōmaya
with cow-dung
āsikta
smeared
valaya
bangled
kara
hands
nārī
its women
kṛta
having
krudham
angry
dhammilla
their hair
valanā
doing up
vyagra
busy
trasta
frightened
strī
at women
vihasaj
(vihasat) laughing
janam
its people

Meaning

Another commentary: people laugh to see the women, hands smeared with cow-dung, flustered as they try to do up their hair.