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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.9.45

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 9 · Verse 45

Verse 45

यदिदं दृश्यते किञ्चिज्जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । सर्वं सर्वप्रकाराढ्यं ससुरासुरकिन्नरम् ॥ ४५ ॥

yadidaṁ dṛśyatē kiñcijjagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | sarvaṁ sarvaprakārāḍhyaṁ sasurāsurakinnaram || 45 ||

Translation

Whatever is seen here, the world of the moving and the unmoving, all of it, rich in every kind of thing, with gods, demons and kinnaras,

Word by word

yad
whatever
idaṁ
here
dṛśyatē
is seen
kiñcij
(kiñcit) at all
jagat
the world
sthāvara
of the unmoving
jaṅgamam
of the moving
sarvaṁ
all of it
sarva
every
prakāra
kind of thing
āḍhyaṁ
rich in
sa
with
sura
gods
asura
demons
kinnaram
and kinnaras

Meaning

The story of the dissolution begins, the commentary says, to support by a narrative what has been said. It starts with the whole: every kind of being, gods and demons and the half-divine kinnaras, all that moves and all that stands.