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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 15]
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidurajī, at that time all the brāhmaṇas highly praised and glorified King Pṛthu, and the best singers of Gandharvaloka chanted his glories. The inhabitants of Siddhaloka showered flowers, and the beautiful women in the heavenly planets danced in ecstasy.
TEXT 8
शङ्खत्सर्यमृदङ्गाद्या नेदुर्दुन्दुभयो दिवि । तत्र सर्वं उपाजग्भुर्देवर्षिपितॄणां गणाः ॥ ८ ॥
śaṅkha-tūrya-mṛdaṅgādyā nedur dundubhayo divi tatra sarva upājagmur devarṣi-pitṛṇām gaṇāḥ
śaṅkha—conches; tūrya—bugles; mṛdaṅga—drums; ādyāḥ—and so on; neduḥ—vibrated; dundubhayaḥ—kettledrums; divi—in outer space; tatra—there; sarve—all; upājagmuḥ—came; deva-ṛṣi—demigods and sages; pitṛṇām—of forefathers; gaṇāḥ—groups.
TRANSLATION
Conchshells, bugles, drums and kettledrums vibrated in outer space. Great sages, forefathers and personalities from the heavenly planets all came to earth from various planetary systems.
TEXTS 9-10
ब्रह्मा जगद्गुरुर्देवैः सहामृत्य सुरेश्वरैः । वैन्यस्य दक्षिणे हस्ते दृष्ट्वा चिह्नं गदाभृतः ॥ ९ ॥ पादयोररविन्दं च तं वै मेने हरेः कलाम् । यस्याप्रतिहतं चक्रमंशः स परमेष्ठिनः ॥ १० ॥
brahmā jagad-gurur devaiḥ sahāṣṛtya sureśvaraiḥ vainyasya dakṣiṇe haste dṛṣṭvā cihnam gadābhṛtaḥ