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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.47

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 47

Verse 47

वातायनगुहानिर्यत्सौधविश्रान्तवारिदम् । पूर्णपुष्करिणीपङ्क्तिपूर्णराजपृथूत्तरम् ॥ ४७ ॥

vātāyanaguhāniryatsaudhaviśrāntavāridam | pūrṇapuṣkariṇīpaṅktipūrṇarājapṛthūttaram || 47 ||

Translation

its clouds resting on the mansions, having come out of the window-caves; its broad royal highways full of rows of full lotus pools,

Word by word

vātāyana
window
guhā
caves
niryat
having come out
saudha
on the mansions
viśrānta
resting
vāridam
its clouds
pūrṇa
full
puṣkariṇī
lotus pools
paṅkti
of rows
rāja
royal
pṛthu
broad
uttaram
its highways

Meaning

Another commentary: clouds come out through the windows and rest on the mansions; rows of full ponds with lotuses like the moon adorn it.