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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.53

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 53

Verse 53

लावकालापलीलायामालीनललनागणम् । कोककोकिलकाकोलकोलाहलसमाकुलम् ॥ ५३ ॥

lāvakālāpalīlāyāmālīnalalanāgaṇam | kōkakōkilakākōlakōlāhalasamākulam || 53 ||

Translation

its young women absorbed in the game of teaching quails to talk, full of the clamour of ruddy geese, cuckoos and ravens,

Word by word

lāvaka
quails
ālāpa
teaching to talk
līlāyām
in the game
ālīna
absorbed
lalanā
its young women
gaṇam
its
kōka
of ruddy geese
kōkila
cuckoos
kākōla
and ravens
kōlāhala
with the clamour
samākulam
full

Meaning

Another commentary: the young women are absorbed in teaching parrots and mynas to talk.