SB 8.15.21
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 21
- mṛdaṅga-śaṅkhānaka-dundubhi-svanaiḥ
- satāla-vīṇā-murajeṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ
- nṛtyaiḥ savādyair upadeva-gītakair
- manoramāṁ sva-prabhayā jita-prabhām
SYNONYMS
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.