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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.4.35

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 4 · Verse 35

Verse 35

पूर्ववत्सन्निवेशेन विवेश सकला सभा । बभूवाऽस्पन्दिताकारा वातमुक्तेव पद्मिनी ॥ ३५ ॥

pūrvavatsannivēśēna vivēśa sakalā sabhā | babhūvā’spanditākārā vātamuktēva padminī || 35 ||

Translation

The whole assembly entered and sat in the same places as before, and became still in form, like a lotus pond the wind has left.

Word by word

pūrvavat
as before
sannivēśēna
in the same places
vivēśa
entered
sakalā
the whole
sabhā
assembly
babhūva
became
aspandita
still
ākārā
in form
vāta
the wind
muktā
has left
iva
like
padminī
a lotus pond

Meaning

Another commentary: like a lotus pool when the wind has dropped. The hall returns to the stillness of the first verse. One can hear only in such stillness.