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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.29.31

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 29 · Verse 31

Verse 31

अयमालक्ष्यते फुल्ललतावलनसुन्दरः । दलद्गुलुच्छकाच्छन्नगवाक्षो गृहमण्डपः ॥ ३१ ॥

ayamālakṣyatē phullalatāvalanasundaraḥ | daladgulucchakācchannagavākṣō gṛhamaṇḍapaḥ || 31 ||

Translation

here is seen the hall of my house, lovely with the curving of flowering creepers, its windows covered with clusters of bursting buds.

Word by word

ayam
here
ālakṣyatē
is seen
phulla
flowering
latā
of creepers
valana
with the curving
sundaraḥ
lovely
dalad
(dalat) bursting
gulucchakā
with clusters of buds
ācchanna
covered
gavākṣō
its windows
gṛha
of my house
maṇḍapaḥ
the hall

Meaning

The long sentence lands on the hall (maṇḍapa) of her house. It matters for what follows: in its space her husband stays (v. 32), and into it Līlā goes before rising to his world (v. 39).