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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.35.24

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 35 · Verse 24

Verse 24

चक्रकुल्याम्बुदावर्तपूर्णव्योमशिराम्बुदः । अस्त्रकल्पाग्निनिर्दग्धसैन्यलोकान्तरक्रमः ॥ २४ ॥

cakrakulyāmbudāvartapūrṇavyōmaśirāmbudaḥ | astrakalpāgninirdagdhasainyalōkāntarakramaḥ || 24 ||

Translation

its clouds and the veins of the sky full of whirling channels of discs; its army passing on to other worlds, burned by the fire of weapons as at the world's end;

Word by word

cakra
of discs
kulyā
channels
ambuda
clouds
āvarta
whirling
pūrṇa
full
vyōma
of the sky
śirā
and the veins
ambudaḥ
its clouds
astra
of weapons
kalpa
as at the world's end
agni
by the fire
nirdagdha
burned
sainya
its army
lōkāntara
to other worlds
kramaḥ
passing on

Meaning

Streams of discs whirl through the clouds like water in channels. The army, burnt as by the fire that ends an age, passes over to other worlds: the dead go on. The first commentary: the army burnt by the fire of weapons stood ready to go to the next world.