Text 14] The Churning of the Milk Ocean 297

megha mrdanga-panava-
murajanaka-gomukhan

vyandadayan sarnkha-venu-
vinds tumula- nihsvanan

meghah—personified clouds; mrdaiga—drums; panava—ket-
tledrums; muraja—another kind of drum; dnaka—another type of
drum; gomukhan—a type of bugle; vyanddayan—vibrated; sankha—
conchshells; venu—flutes; vindh—stringed instruments; tumula—
tumultuous; niksvanan—vibration.

TRANSLATION

The clouds in personified form beat various types of drums,
known as mrdangas, panavas, murajas and anakas. 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

aanshrafraat Bret gaat adr |
fain: qoteaa: awareieatea: 129!

tato *bhisisicur devi
Sriyam padma-karam satim
digibhah pirna-kalasaih

stikta-vakyair dvijeritaih

tatah—thereafter; abhisisicuh—poured all-auspicious water on the
body; devim—the goddess of fortune; Sriyam—very beautiful; padma-
karam—with a lotus in her hand; satim—she who is most chaste, not
knowing anyone but the Supreme Personality of Godhead; digibhah—
the great elephants; pirna-kalasaih—by completely full waterjugs;
siikta-vakyaih—with Vedic mantras; dvi-ja—by brdhmanas; iritaih—
chanted.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, the great elephants from all the directions carried
big water jugs full of Ganges water and bathed the goddess of
