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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.59

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 59

Verse 59

उल्लासिकौसुमदलास्तरणस्थयूना- मापादमावलितमाल्यविलासिनीनाम् । सर्वत्र सुन्दरनवाङ्कुरदन्तुराणां शोभोल्लसद्वरलताकुलमार्गणानाम् ॥ ५९ ॥

ullāsikausumadalāstaraṇasthayūnā- māpādamāvalitamālyavilāsinīnām | sarvatra sundaranavāṅkuradanturāṇāṁ śōbhōllasadvaralatākulamārgaṇānām || 59 ||

Translation

their young men lying on beds of radiant flower petals, their women garlanded to the feet, bristling everywhere with lovely new shoots, their arrows the fine creepers gleaming with beauty;

Word by word

ullāsi
radiant
kausuma
flower
dala
petals
āstaraṇa
on beds
stha
lying
yūnām
their young men
āpādam
to the feet
āvalita
garlanded
mālya
with garlands
vilāsinīnām
their women
sarvatra
everywhere
sundara
lovely
nava
new
aṅkura
with shoots
danturāṇāṁ
bristling
śōbhā
with beauty
ullasad
(ullasat) gleaming
vara
fine
latā
creepers
kula
the
mārgaṇānām
their arrows

Meaning

Another commentary: young men lie on beds of new flowers, women are garlanded to the feet, and fine creepers cover the reed stems everywhere. Arrows are made of reeds; the creepers clothe them.