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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.35.26

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
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Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 35 · Verse 26

Verse 26

शरधाराघनानीकमेघच्छन्नमहीनभाः । महानीकार्णवक्षोभसङ्घट्टघटिताद्रवः ॥ २६ ॥

śaradhārāghanānīkamēghacchannamahīnabhāḥ | mahānīkārṇavakṣōbhasaṅghaṭṭaghaṭitādravaḥ || 26 ||

Translation

earth and sky covered by the clouds of its dense armies with their streams of arrows; its rush set off by the clash in the turmoil of the ocean of great armies;

Word by word

śara
of arrows
dhārā
with their streams
ghana
dense
anīka
of armies
mēgha
by the clouds
channa
covered
mahī
earth
nabhāḥ
and sky
mahā
great
arṇava
of the ocean
kṣōbha
in the turmoil
saṅghaṭṭa
by the clash
ghaṭita
set off
ādravaḥ
its rush

Meaning

Earth and sky are both hidden. The armies meeting are two oceans colliding, and the shock sets everything moving.