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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.50

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 50

Verse 50

गृहकक्षान्तरालीनमेघसुप्तचिरण्टिकम् । सौधस्थमेघविद्युद्भिरनादेयप्रदीपकम् ॥ ५० ॥

gṛhakakṣāntarālīnamēghasuptaciraṇṭikam | saudhasthamēghavidyudbhiranādēyapradīpakam || 50 ||

Translation

its young women asleep in clouds that had crept into the inner rooms of its houses, with no need of lamps for the lightning of clouds resting on the mansions,

Word by word

gṛha
of its houses
kakṣa
rooms
antara
inner
ālīna
that had crept into
mēgha
in clouds; of clouds
supta
asleep
ciraṇṭikam
its young women
saudhastha
resting on the mansions
vidyudbhir
(vidyudbhiḥ) for the lightning
anādēya
no need
pradīpakam
of lamps

Meaning

The village is so high that clouds come indoors, and lightning lights the rooms.