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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.58

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 58

Verse 58

रंहोवहद्गिरिनदीरवघर्घराणां कुन्दावदातजलदद्युतिभासुराणाम् । सौधस्थितोल्लसितफुल्ललतालयानां लीलावलोलकलकण्ठविहङ्गमानाम् ॥ ५८ ॥

raṁhōvahadgirinadīravaghargharāṇāṁ kundāvadātajaladadyutibhāsurāṇām | saudhasthitōllasitaphullalatālayānāṁ līlāvalōlakalakaṇṭhavihaṅgamānām || 58 ||

Translation

rumbling with the roar of mountain rivers rushing on, shining with the gleam of clouds as white as jasmine, flowering creeper-houses gleaming on their roofs, their throated birds swaying in play;

Word by word

raṁhō
(raṃhaḥ) rushing
vahad
(vahat) on
giri
mountain
nadī
of rivers
rava
with the roar
ghargharāṇāṁ
rumbling
kunda
as jasmine
avadāta
white
jalada
of clouds
dyuti
with the gleam
bhāsurāṇām
shining
saudhasthita
on their roofs
ullasita
gleaming
phulla
flowering
latā
creeper
ālayānāṁ
houses
līlā
in play
avalōla
swaying
kalakaṇṭha
throated
vihaṅgamānām
their birds

Meaning

Another commentary: the houses resound with the roar of mountain rivers; creeper-houses bloom on the roofs; birds sing sweetly as they play.