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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.57

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 57

Verse 57

उद्यानकुन्दमकरन्दसुगन्धितानां गन्धान्धषट्पदकुलान्तरिताम्बुजानाम् । सौन्दर्यतर्जितपुरन्दरमन्दिराणां राजीवराजिरजसाऽऽरुणिताम्बराणाम् ॥ ५७ ॥

udyānakundamakarandasugandhitānāṁ gandhāndhaṣaṭpadakulāntaritāmbujānām | saundaryatarjitapurandaramandirāṇāṁ rājīvarājirajasā’’ruṇitāmbarāṇām || 57 ||

Translation

fragrant with the nectar of the garden jasmine, their lotuses hidden by swarms of bees blind with scent, outdoing Indra's palaces in beauty, their skies reddened by the pollen of rows of lotuses;

Word by word

udyāna
garden
kunda
of jasmine
makaranda
with the nectar
sugandhitānāṁ
fragrant
gandha
with scent
andha
blind
ṣaṭpada
of bees
kula
by swarms
antarita
hidden
ambujānām
their lotuses
saundarya
in beauty
tarjita
outdoing
purandara
Indra's
mandirāṇāṁ
palaces
rājīva
of lotuses
rāji
of rows
rajasā
by the pollen
āruṇita
reddened
ambarāṇām
their skies

Meaning

Another commentary: the houses outshine Indra's palace in beauty, and the pollen of the lotuses reddens the sky.