Text 19] Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets
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TEXT 18
सुरस्त्रीकेशविभ्रष्टनवसौगन्धिकस्रजाम् । यत्रामोदमुपादाय मार्ग आवाति मारुतः ॥१८॥
sura-strī-keśa-vibhraṣṭa- nava-saugandhika-srajām yatrāmodam upādāya mārga āvāti mārutaḥ
sura-strī —of the women of the demigods;  keśa —from the hair;  vibhraṣṭa —fallen;  nava-saugandhika —made of fresh, fragrant flowers;  srajām —of the flower garlands;  yatra —wherein;  āmodam —the fragrance;  upādāya —carrying;  mārge —on the roads;  āvāti —blows;  mārutaḥ —the breeze.
TRANSLATION
The breezes blowing in the streets of the city bore the fragrance of the flowers falling from the hair of the women of the demigods.
TEXT 19
हेमजाताक्षनिर्गच्छद् मेनागुरुगन्धिना । पाण्डुरेण प्रतिच्छिन्नमार्गे यान्ति सुरप्रियाः ॥१९॥
hema-jālākṣa-nirgacchad- dhūmenāguru-gandhinā pāṇḍureṇa praticchanna- mārge yānti sura-priyāḥ
hema-jāla-akṣa —from dainty little windows made of networks of gold;  nirgacchat —emanating;  dhūmena —by smoke;  aguru-gandhinā —fragrant due to burning incense known as  aguru ;  pāṇḍureṇa —very white;  praticchanna —covered;  mārge —on the street;  yānti —pass;  sura-priyāḥ —beautiful public women known as Apsarās, celestial girls.