Verse 20·VR 1.55.20
विवर्धमानो वीर्येण समुद्र इव पर्वणि | हतं मेने तदा राम वसिष्ठमृषिसत्तमम् || १-५५-२०
vasiShThasya ca ye shiShyaaH ye ca vai mR^iga pakshiNaH | vidravanti bhayaat bhiitaa naanaa dik.hbhyaH sahasrashaH || 1-55-23
Translation
By vitality Vishvamitra is like an ocean with rough riptide on a Full Moon day, and oh, Rama, he deemed that sagaciously mighty sage Vashishta is now 'dead.' [1-55-20]
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parvaNi
on an auspicious day [in Full Moon day]
samudra iva
as with ocean
viiryeNa vivardhamaanaH
on the rise by vitality
raama
oh Rama
R^iSisattamam vasiSTham
sagaciously mighty sage, Vashishta
tadaa
now
hatam mene
deemed as dead.
Chapter context
55
Vishvamitra ruins Vashishtha's hermitage
25 verses · Verse 20 of 25
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