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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.4.33

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 33

Verse 33

भानोर्भासा भूषितैर्मेघलेशैः किञ्चित्किञ्चित्कुङ्कुमच्छाययेव । पूर्वक्ष्माभृत्पीतवासाः समेघै- स्ताराहारः श्रीयुतः खं समेतः ॥ ३३ ॥

bhānōrbhāsā bhūṣitairmēghalēśaiḥ kiñcitkiñcitkuṅkumacchāyayēva | pūrvakṣmābhṛtpītavāsāḥ samēghai- stārāhāraḥ śrīyutaḥ khaṁ samētaḥ || 33 ||

Translation

With wisps of cloud adorned by the sun's glow, here and there as if with the tint of saffron, the eastern mountain, robed in yellow, with clouds and a necklace of stars, entered the sky in splendour.

Word by word

bhānōr
(bhānoḥ) of the sun
bhāsā
by the glow
bhūṣitair
(bhūṣitaiḥ) adorned
mēgha
of cloud
lēśaiḥ
with wisps
kiñcit
here; and there
kuṅkuma
of saffron
chāyayā
with the tint
iva
as if
pūrva
the eastern
kṣmābhṛt
mountain
pīta
in yellow
vāsāḥ
robed
samēghais
(sameghaiḥ) with clouds
tārā
of stars
hāraḥ
a necklace
śrīyutaḥ
in splendour
khaṁ
the sky
samētaḥ
entered

Meaning

The sunset verse (v. 23) returns word for word, with the eastern mountain for the western. The day closes and opens in the same light: what set rises again.