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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.4.31

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
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Verses
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 31

Verse 31

अन्तर्धानमुपाजग्मुस्तारा नभसि भासुराः । प्रभातपवनेनेव हृताः कुसुमवृष्टयः ॥ ३१ ॥

antardhānamupājagmustārā nabhasi bhāsurāḥ | prabhātapavanēnēva hṛtāḥ kusumavṛṣṭayaḥ || 31 ||

Translation

The bright stars in the sky went out of sight, like showers of flowers carried off by the morning wind.

Word by word

antardhānam
out of sight
upājagmus
(upājagmuḥ) went
tārā
(tārāḥ) the stars
nabhasi
in the sky
bhāsurāḥ
bright
prabhāta
by the morning
pavanēna
wind
iva
like
hṛtāḥ
carried off
kusuma
of flowers
vṛṣṭayaḥ
showers

Meaning

The stars fade one by one, as blossoms are blown from a tree at daybreak.