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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.34.37

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 34 · Verse 37

Verse 37

क्रियते गगनोड्डीनैश्चामरैश्चारुघर्घरैः । वातावधूतसंरोधतरङ्गनिकरद्युतिः ॥ ३७ ॥

kriyatē gaganōḍḍīnaiścāmaraiścārughargharaiḥ | vātāvadhūtasaṁrōdhataraṅganikaradyutiḥ || 37 ||

Translation

"Chowries flying in the sky, rustling sweetly, give it the gleam of a mass of waves shaken by the wind and held back."

Word by word

kriyatē
give it
gagana
in the sky
uḍḍīnaiś
(uḍḍīnaiḥ) flying
cāmaraiś
(cāmaraiḥ) chowries
cāru
sweetly
ghargharaiḥ
rustling
vāta
by the wind
avadhūta
shaken
saṁrōdha
held back
taraṅga
of waves
nikara
of a mass
dyutiḥ
the gleam

Meaning

The white fly-whisks of the kings, blown about in the air, ripple like waves on a sea.