Verse 16·VR 1.34.16

शनैर्विसृज्यते संध्या नभो नेत्रैरिवावृतम् | नक्षत्रतारागहनं ज्योतिर्भिरवभासते || १-३४-१६

shanaiH visR^ijyate saMdhyaa nabho netraiH iva aavR^itam | nakShatra taaraa gahanam jyotirbhiH avabhaasate || 1-34-16

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"Eventide lapsed slowly and the vault of heaven filled with stars and starlets is splendorous as though orbs of heaven are overspread on its vault. [1-34-16]

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sandhyaa shanaiH visR^ijyate

eventide, slowly, lapsed

nakSatrataaraagahanam

filled with stars and starlets

nabhaH

vault of heaven

jyotibhiH

with stars

netraiH aavR^itam iva

as though overspread with orbs [of heaven]

avabhaasate

splendorous / it is appearing.

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Legend of Vishvamitra's ancestry

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