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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.30.20

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 30 · Verse 20

Verse 20

अन्येषां प्रथमारम्भे शुद्धभूषु विजृम्भते । सर्गः संसिक्तबीजानां कोशेऽङ्कुरकला यथा ॥ २० ॥

anyēṣāṁ prathamārambhē śuddhabhūṣu vijṛmbhatē | sargaḥ saṁsiktabījānāṁ kōśē’ṅkurakalā yathā || 20 ||

Translation

In others, at their first beginning, creation unfolds on pure grounds, as the tip of a sprout in the shell of watered seeds.

Word by word

anyēṣāṁ
in others
prathama
first
ārambhē
at their beginning
śuddha
pure
bhūṣu
on grounds
vijṛmbhatē
unfolds
sargaḥ
creation
saṁsikta
watered
bījānāṁ
of seeds
kōśē
in the shell
aṅkura
of a sprout
kalā
the tip
yathā
as

Meaning

Worlds at their dawn. Both commentaries: the grounds are pure because no beings have yet spoiled them. The sprout breaking from a watered seed is the freshest of growing things.