kurvatyaḥ - just showering; kusuma-āsāram - showers of flowers; tasmin - in that; mandara - of Mandara Hill; sānuni - on the top; nadatsu - vibrating; amara-tūryeṣu - beating of the drums of the demigods; gṛṇanti sma - they were talking; parasparam - amongst themselves as follows.

At that time the demigods were situated on the top of Mandara Hill, and all their wives began to shower flowers on the funeral pyre and began to talk amongst themselves as follows.