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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.52

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 52

Verse 52

उन्निद्रकन्दलोद्वान्तमांसलामोदमन्थरैः । मरुद्भिर्मन्दमायातुमारब्धैर्लोलपल्लवम् ॥ ५२ ॥

unnidrakandalōdvāntamāṁsalāmōdamantharaiḥ | marudbhirmandamāyātumārabdhairlōlapallavam || 52 ||

  • Another reading: मरुद्भिर्मन्दमावातुमारब्धैर् (marudbhirmandamāvātumārabdhair) for मरुद्भिर्मन्दमायातुमारब्धैर्

Translation

its young leaves stirring with breezes, slow with the rich fragrance breathed out by kandalī lilies awake in bloom, that had begun to come gently,

Word by word

unnidra
awake in bloom
kandala
by kandalī lilies
udvānta
breathed out
māṁsala
rich
āmōda
with the fragrance
mantharaiḥ
slow
marudbhir
(marudbhiḥ) with breezes
mandam
gently
āyātum
to come
ārabdhair
(ārabdhaiḥ) that had begun
lōla
stirring
pallavam
its young leaves

Meaning

Another commentary: cool, gentle breezes fragrant with the open kandalī flowers move the leaves as if coming to visit.