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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 5]
histories like the Purāṇas, the experts in reciting the histories of royal families, and general reciters all chanted, while singers sang and many kinds of musical instruments, like bherīs and dundubhis, played in accompaniment.
TEXT 6
ब्रजः सम्मृष्टसंसिक्तद्वाराजिरगृहान्तरः ।
चित्रध्वजपताकास्रक्चैलपल्लवतोरणैः ॥ ६ ॥
vrajaḥ sammṛṣṭa-saṁsikta- dvārājīra-gṛhāntaraḥ citra-dhvaja-patākā-srak- caila-pallava-toraṇaiḥ
vrajaḥ —the land occupied by Nanda Mahārāja;  sammṛṣṭa —very nicely cleaned;  saṁsikta —very nicely washed;  dvāra —all the doors or entrances;  ajīra —courtyards;  gṛha-antaraḥ —everything within the house;  citra —variegated;  dhvaja —of festoons;  patākā —of flags;  srak —of flower garlands;  caila —of pieces of cloth;  pallava —of the leaves of mango trees;  toraṇaiḥ —(decorated) by gates in different places.
TRANSLATION
Vrajapura, the residence of Nanda Mahārāja, was fully decorated with varieties of festoons and flags, and in different places, gates were made with varieties of flower garlands, pieces of cloth, and mango leaves. The courtyards, the gates near the roads, and everything within the rooms of the houses were perfectly swept and washed with water.
TEXT 7
गाथो वृषा वत्सतरा हरिद्रातैलरूषिताः ।
विचित्रधातुबर्हस्रग्वस्रकाञ्चनमालिनः ॥ ७ ॥
gāvo vṛṣā vatsatarā haridrā-taila-rūṣitāḥ