पाकं च यष्टिनिकटे कर्तुमाज्ञां चकार ह
He ordered the preparation of food near the sacrificial staff.
तत्र रत्नप्रदीपाश्च जज्वलुः परितस्तथा
There, jeweled lamps shone all around.
नानाविधानि पुष्पाणि माल्यानि विविधानि च
Various kinds of flowers and diverse garlands.
तिललड्डुकपूर्णं च मण्डकानां सहस्रकम्
A thousand sweet balls made of sesame and other confections.
कलशानां सहस्रं च पूर्णं शर्करया मुने 4.21.
A thousand pots, O sage, filled with sugar.
घृतपक्वैर्विप्रकृतैः पूर्णानि कलशानि च
Pots filled with clarified butter and delicacies prepared with ghee.
फलानि परिपक्वानि कालदेशोद्भवानि च
Fully ripened fruits, produced according to season and place.
मधूनां कुम्भशतकं सर्पिष्कुम्भ सहस्रकम्
A hundred jars of honey and a thousand jars of ghee.
घटानां पञ्चलक्षाणि गुडपूर्णानि निश्चितम्
Certainly five hundred thousand pots filled with jaggery.
वृषेन्द्राश्च बहुविधा भोगार्हद्रव्यवाहकाः
Many kinds of noble bulls, bearers of valuable goods.
स्वर्णपीठानि च ब्रह्मन्नाजग्मुर्यष्टिसन्निधिम्
And, O Brahman, golden thrones were brought to the place of the sacrifice.
नानाविधानि वाद्यानि चारूणि मधुराणि च
Various kinds of musical instruments, charming and melodious.
छागलानां सहस्राणि महिषाणां शतानि च
Thousands of goats and hundreds of buffaloes.
बालकानां बालिकानां वृक्षाणां वृक्षयोषिताम् 4.21.
Boys, girls, trees, and tree-nymphs.
गायकानां च संगीतं नर्तकानां च नर्तनम्
Singing by singers and dancing by dancers.
रंभोर्वशी मेनका च घृताची मोहिनी रतिः
Rambha, Urvashi, Menaka, Ghritachi, Mohini, and Rati.
चन्द्रप्रभा सुप्रभा च रत्नमाला मदालसा
Chandraprabha, Suprabha, Ratnamala, and Madalasa.
तासां नृत्येन गीतेन स्तनास्यश्रोणिदर्शनात्
By their dancing and singing, and the display of their breasts, faces, and hips.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शीघ्रमाजगाम हरिः स्वयम्
Meanwhile, swiftly, Hari himself arrived.
दृष्ट्वा तं च जनाः सर्वे संभ्रान्ता हर्षविह्वलाः
Seeing him, all the people became agitated, overwhelmed with joy.
क्रीडास्थानात्समायान्तं शान्तं सुन्दरविग्रहम्
He saw him returning from the place of play, serene, with a beautiful form.
सद्रत्नसारभूषाभिर्भूषितं कौस्तुभेन च
Adorned with excellent jewels and the Kaustubha gem.
शरन्मध्याह्नपद्मास्यं पश्यन्तं रत्नदर्पणे
With a face like a lotus at midday in autumn, gazing into a jeweled mirror.
शशाङ्केन यथाऽऽकाशं भालमध्यविराजितम् 4.21.
His forehead shone in the center, as the moon illumines the sky.
बकपङ्क्त्या यथाऽऽकाशं शारदीयं सुनिर्मलम्
Like a spotless autumn sky, clear as a line of cranes.
विभान्तं विद्युता शश्वन्नवनिं नीरदं यथा
Radiant like a new cloud illumined again and again by lightning.
यथेन्द्रधनुषा भाति विभातं भगणैर्नभः
As the sky shines, brightened by the segments of a rainbow.
शरत्प्रफुल्लपद्मं च द्युमणेः किरणैर्यथा
Like an autumn lotus in full bloom, by the rays of the sun.
प्रणम्य वासयामासू रत्नसिंहासने शुभे
After bowing, he seated him on a splendid jeweled throne.
यथा बभौ शरच्चन्द्रो ज्योतिषामन्तरे च खे
He shone like the autumn moon among the stars in the sky.