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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.60

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 60

Verse 60

सञ्जातकोमललतोत्पलसङ्कुलानां तिष्ठत्पयोदपटसंवलितालयानाम् । नीहारहारहरितस्थलविश्रुतानां सौधस्थमेघतडिदाकुलिताङ्गनानाम् ॥ ६० ॥

sañjātakōmalalatōtpalasaṅkulānāṁ tiṣṭhatpayōdapaṭasaṁvalitālayānām | nīhārahāraharitasthalaviśrutānāṁ saudhasthamēghataḍidākulitāṅganānām || 60 ||

Translation

thick with tender creepers and lotuses just grown, their houses wrapped in the cloth of standing clouds, famed for their grounds green with necklaces of mist, their women troubled by the lightning of the clouds on the roofs;

Word by word

sañjāta
just grown
kōmala
tender
latā
creepers
utpala
and lotuses
saṅkulānāṁ
thick with
tiṣṭhat
standing
payōda
of clouds
paṭa
in the cloth
saṁvalita
wrapped
ālayānām
their houses
nīhāra
of mist
hāra
with necklaces
harita
green
sthala
for their grounds
viśrutānāṁ
famed
saudhastha
on the roofs
mēgha
of the clouds
taḍid
(taḍit) by the lightning
ākulita
troubled
aṅganānām
their women

Meaning

Another commentary: clouds wrap the houses; the green grounds are famed for their necklaces of mist-drops, and the women are startled by the lightning in the clouds on the roofs.