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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.29.27

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 29 · Verse 27

Verse 27

तुषारीकृतमध्याह्नदिवाकरकरोत्करैः । फुल्लपुष्पोत्करासारप्रणादोत्कतटद्रुमैः ॥ २७ ॥

tuṣārīkṛtamadhyāhnadivākarakarōtkaraiḥ | phullapuṣpōtkarāsārapraṇādōtkataṭadrumaiḥ || 27 ||

Translation

that make the masses of the midday sun's rays cool as frost; with trees on its bank loud with the hum of bees in the showers of heaped, opened flowers;

Word by word

tuṣārīkṛta
cool as frost
madhyāhna
midday
divākara
sun's
kara
rays
utkaraiḥ
the masses
phulla
opened
puṣpa
flowers
utkara
heaped
āsāra
in the showers
praṇāda
with the hum (of bees)
utka
loud
taṭa
on its bank
drumaiḥ
with trees

Meaning

The spray cools even the midday sun. The trees on the bank shed their flowers in showers, and the bees that come to them fill the trees with their hum.