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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, Sarga 3.5 – Closing

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 5 · Closing

स्वस्ति श्री आर्षे श्रीवासिष्ठमहारामायणे वाल्मीकीये उत्पत्तिप्रकरणे मूलकारणदेवस्वरूपवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमः सर्गः ॥ ५ ॥

svasti śrī ārṣē śrīvāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇē vālmīkīyē utpattiprakaraṇē mūlakāraṇadēvasvarūpavarṇanaṁ nāma pañcamaḥ sargaḥ || 5 ||

Translation

Auspiciousness! In the glorious Vāsiṣṭha Mahārāmāyaṇa of the seers, composed by Vālmīki, in the Utpatti Prakaraṇa, the fifth sarga, called "The Description of the Nature of the God who is the Root Cause".

Word by word

svasti
auspiciousness
śrī
glorious
ārṣē
of the seers
vāsiṣṭha
of Vasiṣṭha
mahārāmāyaṇē
in the Great Rāmāyaṇa
vālmīkīyē
composed by Vālmīki
utpatti
Utpatti, on creation
prakaraṇē
in the prakaraṇa (part)
mūla
root
kāraṇa
cause
dēva
of the God
svarūpa
of the nature
varṇanaṁ
the description
nāma
called
pañcamaḥ
the fifth
sargaḥ
sarga