tatropamantriṇo rājan
nānā-hāsya-rasair vibhum
upatasthur naṭācāryā
nartakyas tāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthak
tatra -- there; upamantrinah -- the jesters; rajan -- O King; nana -- with various; hasya -- joking; rasaih -- moods; vibhum -- the Supreme Lord; upatasthuh -- they served; nata-acaryah -- expert entertainers; nartakyah -- female dancers; tandavaih -- with energetic dances; prithak -- separately.
And there, O King, jesters would entertain the Lord by displaying various comic moods, expert entertainers would perform for Him, and female dancers would dance energetically.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that the word natacaryah refers, among other things, to expert magicians. All of these different entertainers, one after the other, would perform for the Lord in the assembly of great kings.
