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Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation
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TEXT 6
द्वादश्यां सवितातिष्ठन्यध्यंदिनगतो नृप । विजया नाम सा प्रोक्ता यस्यां जन्म विदुर्हरेः ॥ ६ ॥
dvādaśyām savitātiṣṭhan madhyandina-gato nṛpa vijayā-nāma sā proktā yasyām janma vidur hareḥ
dvādaśyām—on the twelfth day of the moon; savitā—the sun; atiṣṭhat—was staying; madhyam-dina-gataḥ—on the meridian; nṛpa—O King; vijayā-nāma—by the name Vijayā; sā—that day; proktā—is called; yasyām—on which; janma—the appearance; viduḥ—they know; hareḥ—of Lord Hari.
TRANSLATION
O King, when the Lord appeared—on dvādaśi, the twelfth day of the moon—the sun was at the meridian, as every learned scholar knows. This dvādaśi is called Vijayā.
TEXT 7
शङ्खदुन्दुमयो नेदुर्मृदङ्गपणवानकाः । चित्रवादित्रतूर्याणां निर्घोषस्तुमुलोऽभवत् ॥ ७ ॥
śaṅkha-dundubhayo nedur mṛdaṅga-paṇavānakāḥ citra-vāditra-tūryāṇām nirghoṣas tumulo 'bhavat
śaṅkha—conchshells; dundubhayaḥ—kettledrums; neduḥ—vibrated; mṛdaṅga—drums; paṇava-ānakāḥ—drums named paṇavas and ānakas; citra—various; vāditra—of these vibrations of musical sound; tūryāṇām—and of other instruments; nirghoṣaḥ—the loud sound; tumulaḥ—tumultuous; abhavat—became.