Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21


Sanskrit:

मृदङ्गशङ्खानकदुन्दुभिस्वनै:सतालवीणामुरजेष्टवेणुभि: ।नृत्यै: सवाद्यैरुपदेवगीतकै-र्मनोरमां स्वप्रभया जितप्रभाम् ॥ २१ ॥

ITRANS:

mṛdaṅga-śaṅkhānaka-dundubhi-svanaiḥsatāla-vīṇā-murajeṣṭa-veṇubhiḥnṛtyaiḥ savādyair upadeva-gītakairmanoramāṁ sva-prabhayā jita-prabhām

Translation:

The city was filled with the sounds of mṛdaṅgas, conchshells, kettledrums, flutes and well-tuned stringed instruments all playing in concert. There was constant dancing and the Gandharvas sang. The combined beauty of Indrapurī defeated beauty personified.

Purport: