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Mahārāja Pṛthu's Going Back Home
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TEXT 24
कुर्वत्यः कुसुमासारं तस्मिन्मन्दरसानुनि । नदत्स्वमरतूर्येषु गृणन्ति स परस्परम् ॥२४॥
kurvatyaḥ kusumāsāram tasmin mandara-sānuni nadatsv amara-tūryeṣu gṛṇanti sma parasparam
kurvatyaḥ—just showering; kusuma-āsāram—showers of flowers; tasmin—in that; mandara—of the 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.
TRANSLATION
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.
TEXT 25
देव्य ऊचः  अहो इयं वधूर्धन्या या चैवं भूभुजां पतिम् । सर्वात्मना पतिं मेजे यज्ञेशं श्रीर्वधूरिव ॥२५॥
devya ūcuḥ aho iyam vadhūr dhanyā yā caivam bhū-bhujām patim sarvātmanā patim bheje yajñeśam śrīr vadhūr iva
devyaḥ ūcuḥ—the wives of the demigods said; aho—alas; iyam—this; vadhūḥ—the wife; dhanyā—most glorious; yā—who; ca—also; evam—as; bhū—of the world; bhujām—of all the kings; patim—the king; sarvātmanā—with full understanding; patim—unto the husband; bheje—worshiped; yajñeśam—unto Lord Viṣṇu; śrīḥ—the goddess of fortune; vadhūḥ—wife; iva—like.