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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.35.27

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 35 · Verse 27

Verse 27

व्याप्त उग्रानिलोद्धूतैर्जलव्यालैरिवाऽचलः । अन्योन्यदलनव्यग्रैः शस्त्रोत्पात इवोत्थितैः ॥ २७ ॥

vyāpta ugrānilōddhūtairjalavyālairivā’calaḥ | anyōnyadalanavyagraiḥ śastrōtpāta ivōtthitaiḥ || 27 ||

Translation

filled, as a mountain is with water-serpents tossed up by a fierce wind, with weapons eager to break one another, risen like portents of doom.

Word by word

vyāpta
filled
ugra
fierce
anila
by a wind
uddhūtair
(uddhūtaiḥ) tossed up
jala
water
vyālair
(vyālaiḥ) with serpents
iva
as, like
acalaḥ
a mountain
anyōnya
one another
dalana
to break
vyagraiḥ
eager
śastra
with weapons
utpāta
portents of doom
utthitaiḥ
risen

Meaning

Weapons fill the battle as sea-snakes thrown up by a storm cover a mountain. The first commentary: like evil omens rising.