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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.9.39-40
brāhmanaih kula-vriddhaiś ca
paryasto 'mātya-bandhubhih
ātmajābhīkshanotsukah
SYNONYMS
sat-aśvam — drawn by very fine horses; ratham — chariot; āruhya — getting on; kārtasvara-parishkritam — bedecked with golden filigree; brāhmanaih — with brāhmanas; kula-vriddhaih — along with elderly personalities of the family; ca — also; paryastah — being surrounded; amātya — by officers and ministers; bandhubhih — and friends; śańkha — of conchshells; dundubhi — and kettledrums; nādena — with the sound; brahma-ghoshena — by the chanting of Vedic mantras; venubhih — by flutes; niścakrāma — he came out; purāt — from the city; tūrnam — with great haste; ātma-ja — son; abhīkshana — to see; utsukah — very eager.
TRANSLATION
Then King Uttānapāda, being very eager to see the face of his lost son, mounted a chariot drawn by excellent horses and bedecked with golden filigree. Taking with him many learned brāhmanas, all the elderly personalities of his family, his officers, his ministers and his immediate friends, he immediately left the city. As he proceeded in this parade, there were auspicious sounds of conchshells, kettledrums, flutes, and the chanting of Vedic mantras to indicate all good fortune.
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