Text 14]
The Churning of the Milk Ocean
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meghā mṛdaṅga-paṇava- murajānaka-gomukhān vyanādayan śaṅkha-veṇu- vīṇās tumula-niḥsvanān
meghāḥ—personified clouds; mṛdaṅga—drums; paṇava—ket- tledrums; muraja—another kind of drum; ānaka—another type of drum; gomukhān—a type of bugle; vyanādayan—vibrated; śaṅkha— conchshells; veṇu—flutes; vīṇāḥ—stringed instruments; tumula— tumultuous; niḥsvanān—vibration.
TRANSLATION
The clouds in personified form beat various types of drums, known as  mṛdaṅgas ,  paṇavas ,  murajas  and  ānakas . They also blew conchshells and bugles known as  gomukhas  and played flutes and stringed instruments. The combined sound of these instruments was tumultuous.
TEXT 14
ततोऽभिषिष्टुदेवीं श्रियं पद्मकरां सतीम् । दिग्भिः पूर्णकलशैः सूक्तवाक्यैर्द्विजेरितैः ॥१४॥
tato 'bhiṣiṣicur devīm śriyam padma-karām satīm digibhāḥ pūrṇa-kalaśaiḥ sūkta-vākyair dvijeritaiḥ
tataḥ—thereafter; abhiṣiṣicuḥ—poured all-auspicious water on the body; devīm—the goddess of fortune; śriyam—very beautiful; padma-karām—with a lotus in her hand; satīm—she who is most chaste, not knowing anyone but the Supreme Personality of Godhead; digibhāḥ—the great elephants; pūrṇa-kalaśaiḥ—by completely full waterjugs; sūkta-vākyaiḥ—with Vedic mantras; dvi-ja—by brāhmaṇas; īritaiḥ—chanted.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, the great elephants from all the directions carried big water jugs full of Ganges water and bathed the goddess of