Text 22] Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets
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नृत्यैः सवाद्यैरुपदेवगीतकै- मनोरमां स्वप्रमया जितप्रमाम् ॥२१॥
mṛdaṅga-śaṅkhānaka-dundubhi-svanaiḥ satāla-vīṇā-murajeṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ nṛtyaiḥ savādyair upadeva-gītakair manoramām sva-prabhayā jita-prabhām
mṛdaṅga —of drums;  śaṅkha —conchshells;  ānaka-dundubhi —and kettledrums;  svanaiḥ —by the sounds;  sa-tāla —in perfect tune;  vīṇā —a stringed instrument;  muraja —a kind of drum;  iṣṭa-veṇubhiḥ —accompanied by the very nice sound of the flute;  nṛtyaiḥ —with dancing;  sa-vādyaiḥ —with concert instruments;  upadeva-gītakaiḥ —with singing by the secondary demigods like the Gandharvas;  manoramām —beautiful and pleasing;  sva-prabhayā —by its own brilliance;  jita-prabhām —the personification of beauty was conquered.
TRANSLATION
The city was filled with the sounds of  mṛdaṅgas ,  conchshells ,  kettledrums ,  flutes  and  well-tuned stringed instruments  all playing in concert. There was constant dancing and the Gandharvas sang. The combined beauty of Indrapuri defeated beauty personified.
TEXT 22
यां न व्रजन्त्यधर्मिष्ठाः खला भूतद्रुहः शठाः । मानिनः कामिनो लुब्धा एभिर्हीना व्रजन्ति यत् ॥ २२॥
yām na vrajanty adharmiṣṭhāḥ khalā bhūta-druhaḥ śaṭhāḥ māninaḥ kāmino lubdhā ebhir hīnā vrajanti yat
yām —in the streets of the city;  na —not;  vrajanti —pass;  adharmiṣṭhāḥ —irreligious persons;  khalāḥ —envious persons;  bhūta-druhaḥ —persons violent toward other living entities;  śaṭhāḥ —cheaters;