Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 34: Nanda Mahārāja Saved and Śańkhacūḍa Slain

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.34.22

niśā-mukhaḿ mānayantāv

uditoḍupa-tārakam

mallikā-gandha-mattāli-

juṣṭaḿ kumuda-vāyunā

SYNONYMS

niśā-mukham — the beginning of night; mānayantau — the two of Them honoring; udita — having risen; uḍupa — the moon; tārakam — and stars; mallikā — of the jasmine flowers; gandha — by the fragrance; matta — intoxicated; ali — by the bees; juṣṭam — liked; kumuda — from the lotuses; vāyunā — with the breeze.

TRANSLATION

The two Lords praised the nightfall, signaled by the rising of the moon and the appearance of stars, a lotus-scented breeze and bees intoxicated by the fragrance of jasmine flowers.

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