śaṅkha-dundubhayo nedur
divi deva-pracoditÄḥ
jagur gandharva-patayas
tumburu-pramukhÄ ná¹›pa

 Å›aá¹…kha - conchshells; dundubhayaḥ - and kettledrums; neduḥ - resounded; divi - in the heavenly planets; deva-pracoditÄḥ - played by the demigods; jaguḥ - sang; gandharva-patayaḥ - the chiefs of the Gandharvas; tumburu-pramukhÄḥ - led by Tumburu; ná¹›pa - my dear King.


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My dear Parīkṣit, the demigods in heaven resoundingly played their conchshells and kettledrums, and the best of the Gandharvas, led by Tumburu, began to sing.

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