The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 1 (of 4)Valmiki
Religion
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 1 (of 4)
Valmiki
Hinduism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Hinduism -- Early works to 1800
20. This, O goddess, is the place, where I used to eat and sit, and
where I slept and walked; and these are the places where I gave and
received the things to and from my attendants.
21. This is my eldest son Jyeshtha Sarmá, weeping in the house; and
this is my milch cow, now grazing on the grassy plain in the forest.
22. I see this portico and these windows, once dear to me as my person,
and besmeared with the dry powder of the _huli_ festival of the vernal
season.
23. I see these pulpy plants of gourd planted with my own hands, and
dear to me as myself, now spreading themselves over the oven place.
24. I see these relatives of mine, who had been the bonds of my life
before, now smoking in their eyes with tears, and carrying the fuel for
fire, with beads of _rudráksha_ seeds on their bodies.
25. I see that stony shore, baffling the force of the waves, which have
been pelting their pebbles against it, now covered by bushes of the
beach.
26. The verdant meadows were full of leafy plants, with pendant dew
drops on their tips; and the plains were whitened by the hailstones
falling on them in showers.
27. The mid-day was mantled by sun beams, as by a white mist of frost,
and the arbours resounded with the humming of bees, fluttering about
their clustering flowers.
28. The blooming palása glowing as reddish corals, had covered the
trees and the land with heaps of crimson flowers.
29. The village rill was flowing with the floating fruits, which it
bore from shore to shore; and the rustic lads jumbled together with
loud noise, eager to lay hold on them.
30. The cool shady beach of the rill, was strewn over with pebbles,
washed and carried away by the current, and covered by leaves falling
from the trees.
31. There I see the altar of my house, which is so beautifully
ornamented with the flowering creepers, and which is overhung on its
windows by clusters of fruits and flowers.
32. Here lived my husband, whose life has fled to the sky in its aerial
form, and became afterwards the lord of the earth, reaching to the
surrounding seas.
33. I remember, how he had fostered the fond wish of obtaining royal
dignity, and how ardently he looked forward on its attainment.
34. I see, O goddess! his royal dignity of eight days, which had seemed
to be of so long a duration (as eighty years) before.
35. I see the soul of my Lord, residing in the empty space of this
mansion, as in his former kingly state; although it is invisible to all
as the current air in the sky, and as the odours borne by the winds.
36. It is in this vacuous space, that his soul is contained in the form
of a thumb; which contains in its bosom, the whole extent of the realm
of my lord, stretching to thousands of leagues in its circumference.
37. I see also O goddess! the spacious kingdom of my lord, in the space
of my intellect, which makes room for thousands of mountains by the
miraculous power of God, styled as illusion. (_máyá_).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account