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ŚB 10.11.52

Devanagari

तदा बकारिं सुरलोकवासिन:
समाकिरन् नन्दनमल्लिकादिभि: ।
समीडिरे चानकशङ्खसंस्तवै-
स्तद् वीक्ष्य गोपालसुता विसिस्मिरे ॥ ५२ ॥

Text

tadā bakāriṁ sura-loka-vāsinaḥ
samākiran nandana-mallikādibhiḥ
samīḍire cānaka-śaṅkha-saṁstavais
tad vīkṣya gopāla-sutā visismire

Synonyms

tadā — at that time; baka-arim — unto the enemy of Bakāsura; sura-loka-vāsinaḥ — the celestial denizens of the higher planets; samākiran — showered flowers; nandana-mallikā-ādibhiḥ — with such flowers as mallikā, which are grown in Nandana-kānana; samīḍire — also congratulated Him; ca — and; ānaka-śaṅkha-saṁstavaiḥ — by celestial kettledrums and conchshells, accompanied with prayers; tat vīkṣya — by seeing this; gopāla-sutāḥ — the cowherd boys; visismire — were struck with wonder.

Translation

At that time, the celestial denizens of the higher planetary system showered mallikā-puṣpa, flowers grown in Nandana-kānana, upon Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of Bakāsura. They also congratulated Him by sounding celestial kettledrums and conchshells and by offering prayers. Seeing this, the cowherd boys were struck with wonder.