Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 8: The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.13

meghā mṛdańga-paṇava-

murajānaka-gomukhān

vyanādayan śańkha-veṇu-

vīṇās tumula-niḥsvanān

SYNONYMS

meghāḥ — personified clouds; mṛdańga — drums; paṇava — kettledrums; muraja — another kind of drum; ānaka — another type of drum; gomukhāna type of bugle; vyanādayan — vibrated; śańkha — conchshells; veṇu — flutes; vīṇāḥ — stringed instruments; tumula — tumultuous; niḥsvanān — vibration.

TRANSLATION

The clouds in personified form beat various types of drums, known as mṛdańgas, paṇavas, murajas and ānakas. They also blew conchshells and bugles known as gomukhas and played flutes and stringed instruments. The combined sound of these instruments was tumultuous.

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