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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.42

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 42

Verse 42

चरच्चमरसारङ्गजालजङ्गलखण्डकम् । गुञ्जानिकुञ्जसंजातशष्पसुप्तमृगार्भकम् ॥ ४२ ॥

caraccamarasāraṅgajālajaṅgalakhaṇḍakam | guñjānikuñjasaṁjātaśaṣpasuptamṛgārbhakam || 42 ||

Translation

its patches of jungle full of herds of yak and antelope roaming, fawns asleep on the grass grown in thickets of guñjā,

Word by word

carac
(carat) roaming
camara
of yak
sāraṅga
and antelope
jāla
full of herds
jaṅgala
of jungle
khaṇḍakam
its patches
guñjā
of guñjā
nikuñja
in thickets
saṁjāta
grown
śaṣpa
on the grass
supta
asleep
mṛga
deer
arbhakam
fawns

Meaning

Another commentary: in the jungle near it yaks, antelopes and birds graze on green grass, and fawns sleep on the soft grass in the bowers.