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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.29.50

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 29 · Verse 50

Verse 50

लीलोवाच । अहो नु पदवीं दूरमावामेतामुपागते । सूर्योऽप्यधोऽणुकणवन्न मनागपि लक्ष्यते ॥ ५० ॥

līlōvāca | ahō nu padavīṁ dūramāvāmētāmupāgatē | sūryō’pyadhō’ṇukaṇavanna manāgapi lakṣyatē || 50 ||

Translation

Līlā said: Ah, how far along this path we two have come! Even the sun below is not seen at all, not even as a speck of dust.

Word by word

ahō
ah
nu
how
padavīṁ
path
dūram
far
āvām
we two
ētām
this
upāgatē
have come
sūryō
the sun
api
even
adhō
below
aṇu
of dust
kaṇa
a speck
vat
as
na
not
manāg
at all
lakṣyatē
is seen

Meaning

Līlā marvels, and the marvel is a measure of how small the world she lived in was.