Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.42.36

vādyamānesu tūryeṣu

malla-tālottareṣu ca

mallāḥ sv-alańkṛtāḥ dṛptāḥ

sopādhyāyāḥ samāsata

SYNONYMS

vādyamāneṣu — as they were being played; tūryeṣu — the musical instruments; malla — suitable for wrestling; tāla — with meters; uttareṣu — prominent; ca — and; mallāḥ — the wrestlers; su-alańkṛtāḥ — well ornamented; dṛptāḥ — proud; sa-upādhyāyāḥ — together with their instructors; samāsata — came and sat down.

TRANSLATION

While the musical instruments loudly played in the rhythmic meters appropriate for wrestling matches, the lavishly ornamented wrestlers proudly entered the arena with their coaches and sat down.

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