Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.15.21

mṛdańga-śańkhānaka-dundubhi-svanaiḥ

satāla-vīṇā-murajeṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ

nṛtyaiḥ savādyair upadeva-gītakair

manoramāḿ sva-prabhayā jita-prabhām

SYNONYMS

mṛdańga — of drums; śańkha — 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 mṛdańgas, 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.

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