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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.29.7

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Sargas
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 29 · Verse 7

देवद्विजसतां भक्ता सिक्ताङ्गी घृतगोरसैः । भर्जनीचरुकुम्भादिभाण्डोपस्करशोधिनी ॥ ७ ॥

dēvadvijasatāṁ bhaktā siktāṅgī ghṛtagōrasaiḥ | bharjanīcarukumbhādibhāṇḍōpaskaraśōdhinī || 7 ||

Translation

devoted to gods, brahmins and good people, my limbs splashed with ghee and milk, scouring the frying pans, the pots for the offering rice, the water jars and the other vessels and things of the house;

Word by word

dēva
to gods
dvija
brahmins
satāṁ
and good people
bhaktā
devoted
sikta
splashed
aṅgī
my limbs
ghṛta
with ghee
gōrasaiḥ
and milk
bharjanī
the frying pans
caru
the pots for the offering rice
kumbha
the water jars
ādi
and the other
bhāṇḍa
vessels
upaskara
and things of the house
śōdhinī
scouring

Meaning

Piety and housework side by side: the ghee and milk on her limbs come from the kitchen and from the offerings alike. The caru is the rice boiled for an offering.