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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.4.14

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 14

Verse 14

अथोत्तस्थौ सभा सर्वा सराजमुनिमण्डला । मण्डलाकीर्णरत्नौघपरिवेषावृतानना ॥ १४ ॥

athōttasthau sabhā sarvā sarājamunimaṇḍalā | maṇḍalākīrṇaratnaughaparivēṣāvṛtānanā || 14 ||

Translation

Then the whole assembly rose, with its kings and circles of sages, their faces ringed by the halos of the many jewels that covered them,

Word by word

atha
then
uttasthau
rose
sabhā
the assembly
sarvā
whole
sa
with
rāja
its kings
muni
of sages
maṇḍalā
and circles
maṇḍala
in circles
ākīrṇa
covered
ratna
jewels
ōgha
the many
parivēṣa
by the halos
āvṛta
ringed
ānanā
their faces

Meaning

The assembly disperses, and three verses describe it rising. The commentary notes that the jewels were the gifts of kings, worn by the sages without desire; their faces seemed set in circles of light.