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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.55

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 55

Verse 55

आलोलपल्लवलतावलितायनाना- मुत्फुल्लकन्दलशिलीन्ध्रसुगन्धितानाम् । तालीतमालदलताण्डवमण्डपाना- मारामफुल्लकुसुमद्रुमशीतलानाम् ॥ ५५ ॥

ālōlapallavalatāvalitāyanānā- mutphullakandalaśilīndhrasugandhitānām | tālītamāladalatāṇḍavamaṇḍapānā- mārāmaphullakusumadrumaśītalānām || 55 ||

Translation

Their paths enclosed by swaying leaves and creepers, fragrant with blooming kandalī and śilīndhra; pavilions for the dance of tāḍī and tamāla leaves, cool with gardens of flowering trees;

Word by word

ālōla
swaying
pallava
by leaves
latā
and creepers
valita
enclosed
āyanānām
their paths
utphulla
blooming
kandala
with kandalī
śilīndhra
and śilīndhra
sugandhitānām
fragrant
tālī
of tāḍī
tamāla
and tamāla
dala
leaves
tāṇḍava
for the dance
maṇḍapānām
pavilions
ārāma
with gardens
phulla
flowering
kusuma
of flowers
druma
trees
śītalānām
cool

Meaning

The last nine verses are one sentence in vasantatilakā, all genitives describing the houses of the mountain village, closed by the question of v. 63. Another commentary's note: from here every verse is an epithet of the mountain houses.