मृदङ्गशङ्खानकदुन्दुभिस्वनैः
सतालवीणामुरजेष्टवेणुभिः ।
नृत्यैः सवाद्यैरुपदेवगीतकै
र्मनोरमां स्वप्रभया जितप्रभाम् ॥२१॥

mṛdaṅga-śaṅkhānaka-dundubhi-svanaiḥ
satāla-vīṇā-murajeṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ
nṛtyaiḥ savādyair upadeva-gītakair
manoramāṁ sva-prabhayā jita-prabhām

 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.


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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.

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