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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.28.61

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 28 · Verse 61

Verse 61

नीलोत्पलोल्लसितसौरभसुन्दराणां हुङ्कारहारिहरितोन्मुखगोकुलानाम् । विश्रब्धमुग्धमृगसारगृहाजिराणा- मुन्नृत्यबर्हिघनसीकरनिर्झराणाम् ॥ ६१ ॥

nīlōtpalōllasitasaurabhasundarāṇāṁ huṅkārahāriharitōnmukhagōkulānām | viśrabdhamugdhamṛgasāragṛhājirāṇā- munnṛtyabarhighanasīkaranirjharāṇām || 61 ||

Translation

lovely with the fragrance gleaming from blue lotuses, their herds of cattle facing the green with charming lowing, their courtyards full of trusting, simple deer and birds, their waterfalls with dense spray where peacocks dance;

Word by word

nīla
blue
utpala
from lotuses
ullasita
gleaming
saurabha
with the fragrance
sundarāṇāṁ
lovely
huṅkāra
with lowing
hāri
charming
harita
the green
unmukha
facing
gōkulānām
their herds of cattle
viśrabdha
trusting
mugdha
simple
mṛga
deer
sāra
and birds
gṛha
their
ajirāṇām
courtyards
unnṛtya
dance
barhi
where peacocks
ghana
dense
sīkara
with spray
nirjharāṇām
their waterfalls

Meaning

Another commentary: lovely with the scent of blue lotuses; cattle go lowing towards the green pastures; trusting deer and birds wander in the courtyards; peacocks dance in the spray of the falls, taking it for rain.