Text 39] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 157

The demigods began beating drums and kettledrums, and upon
hearing them the angelic women began to dance, while the chiefs
of the Gandharvas sang sweetly.

TEXTS 37-39

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tatropavrajya vibudha
brahmendra-girisadayah

rsayah pitarah siddha
vidyadhara-mahoragah

manavah prajanam patayo
gandharvapsara-caranah

yaksah kimpurusas tata
vetalah saha-kinnarah

te visnu-parsadah sarve
sunanda-kumudadayah

mirdhni baddhanjali-puta
dsinam tivra-tejasam

idire nara-sardulam
natidiracarah prthak

tatra—there (in the sky); upavrajya—coming (in their respective
airplanes); vibudhah—all the different demigods; brahma- -indra-girisa-
adayah—headed by Lord Brahma, King Indra and Lord Siva; rsayah—
the great saintly sages; pitarah—the inhabitants of Pitrloka; siddhah—
