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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.34.8

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

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Sarga 34 · Verse 8

लसद्भुजलतालोला रक्तपल्लवपाणयः । मञ्जरीमत्तनयना मध्वामोदसुगन्धयः ॥ ८ ॥

lasadbhujalatālōlā raktapallavapāṇayaḥ | mañjarīmattanayanā madhvāmōdasugandhayaḥ || 8 ||

Translation

"Swaying, with gleaming arms like creepers, with hands like red young shoots, their eyes drunk with blossoms, fragrant with the scent of wine,

Word by word

lasad
(lasat) gleaming
bhuja
arms
latā
like creepers
lōlā
swaying
rakta
red
pallava
like young shoots
pāṇayaḥ
with hands
mañjarī
with blossoms
matta
drunk
nayanā
their eyes
madhu
of wine
āmōda
with the scent
sugandhayaḥ
fragrant

Meaning

One warrior to another (the second commentary). The goddesses of Indra's garden are pictured as flowering plants themselves: arms like creepers, hands like new leaves. The sentence goes on.