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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.35.21

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
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Level
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Sarga 35 · Verse 21

Verse 21

पतद्विमलहेत्योघभूरिभास्वरभास्करः । कठिनप्राणसन्तापतापिताखिलमानसः ॥ २१ ॥

patadvimalahētyōghabhūribhāsvarabhāskaraḥ | kaṭhinaprāṇasantāpatāpitākhilamānasaḥ || 21 ||

Translation

its sun blazing with the many falling bright weapons; all minds burned by the hard torment of life;

Word by word

patad
(patat) falling
vimala
bright
hēti
of weapons
ōgha
with the masses
bhūri
many
bhāsvara
blazing
bhāskaraḥ
its sun
kaṭhina
hard
prāṇa
of life
santāpa
by the torment
tāpita
burned
akhila
all
mānasaḥ
minds

Meaning

At the end of an age many suns blaze at once. Here the gleaming weapons are those suns, and every mind is scorched by the agony of holding on to life.