Verse 24·VR 1.55.24

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]

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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 .

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Vishvamitra ruins Vashishtha's hermitage

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