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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.56

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 56

Verse 56

सारावबारिचलनाकुलगोकुलाना- मानीलसस्यकुसुमस्थलशोभितानाम् । तीरद्रुमप्रकरगुप्तसरिद्रयाणां नीरन्ध्रपुष्पितलताग्रवितानकानाम् ॥ ५६ ॥

sārāvabāricalanākulagōkulānā- mānīlasasyakusumasthalaśōbhitānām | tīradrumaprakaraguptasaridrayāṇāṁ nīrandhrapuṣpitalatāgravitānakānām || 56 ||

Translation

their herds of cattle restless at the water's flow with its noise, lovely with grounds of dark-blue crops and flowers, their river currents hidden by masses of bank trees, canopied by the tips of close-flowering creepers;

Word by word

sārāva
with its noise
bāri
of the water
calana
at the flow
ākula
restless
gōkulānām
their herds of cattle
ānīla
dark-blue
sasya
of crops
kusuma
and flowers
sthala
with grounds
śōbhitānām
lovely
tīra
bank
druma
of trees
prakara
by masses
gupta
hidden
sarid
(sarit) river
rayāṇāṁ
their currents
nīrandhra
close
puṣpita
flowering
latā
of creepers
agra
by the tips
vitānakānām
canopied

Meaning

Another commentary: the cattle are restless at the noisy water; the land is bright with dark crops and flowers; the river is hidden by the trees on its banks, and the creepers form pavilions.