Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 5


Sanskrit:

सौमङ्गल्यगिरो विप्रा: सूतमागधवन्दिन: ।गायकाश्च जगुर्नेदुर्भेर्यो दुन्दुभयो मुहु: ॥ ५ ॥

ITRANS:

saumaṅgalya-giro viprāḥsūta-māgadha-vandinaḥgāyakāś ca jagur nedurbheryo dundubhayo muhuḥ

Translation:

The brāhmaṇas recited auspicious Vedic hymns, which purified the environment by their vibration. The experts in reciting old histories like the Purāṇas, the experts in reciting the histories of royal families, and general reciters all chanted, while singers sang and many kinds of musical instruments, like bherīs and dundubhis, played in accompaniment.

Purport: