Chapter 15
मृदङ्गशङ्खानकदुन्दुभिस्वनै: सतालवीणामुरजेष्टवेणुभि: । नृत्यै: सवाद्यैरुपदेवगीतकै- र्मनोरमां स्वप्रभया जितप्रभाम् ॥ २१ ॥
Transliteration
mṛdaṅga-śaṅkhānaka-dundubhi-svanaiḥ satāla-vīṇā-murajeṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ nṛtyaiḥ savādyair upadeva-gītakair manoramāṁ sva-prabhayā jita-prabhām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
mṛdaṅga — of drums; śaṅkha — conchshells; ānaka-dundubhi — and kettledrums; svanaiḥ — by the sounds; sa-tāla — in perfect tune; vīṇā — a stringed instrument; muraja — a kind of drum; iṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ — accompanied by the very nice sound of the flute; nṛtyaiḥ — with dancing; sa-vādyaiḥ — with concert instruments; upadeva-gītakaiḥ — with singing by the secondary demigods like the Gandharvas; manoramām — beautiful and pleasing; sva-prabhayā — by its own brilliance; jita-prabhām — the personification of beauty was conquered.
Translation
“The city was filled with the sounds of mṛdaṅgas, conchshells, kettledrums, flutes and well-tuned stringed instruments all playing in concert. There was constant dancing and the Gandharvas sang. The combined beauty of Indrapurī defeated beauty personified.”