वसिष्ठस्याश्रमपदं शून्यमासीन्महात्मनः | मुहूर्तमिव निःशब्दमासीदिरिणसंनिभम् || १-५५-२४
aashramam cira saMvR^iddham yat vinaashitavaan asi | duraacaaro hi yat muuDha tasmaat tvam na bhaviShyasi || 1-55-27
Translation
The threshold of that broad-minded Vashishta's hermitage fell void, and in a wink it has become silent like a burial ground as every shrub, herb and tree is cindery, and every bird, animal and stock is an evacuee. [1-55-24]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
mahaatmanaH vasiSThasya aashramapadam
of broad-minded sage, Vashishta 's, hermitage threshold
shuunyam aasiit
it has become void
muhuurtam iva
just in a wink
iriNasannibham
alike arid land - burial ground
niHshabdam aasiit
become silent .
Chapter context
Vishvamitra ruins Vashishtha's hermitage
25 verses · Verse 24 of 25
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