आपूरितसभालोके शान्ते कुसुमवर्षणे । इमं सिद्धगणालापं शुश्रुवुस्ते सभागताः ॥ २३ ॥
āpūritasabhālōkē śāntē kusumavarṣaṇē | imaṁ siddhagaṇālāpaṁ śuśruvustē sabhāgatāḥ || 23 ||
Translation
When the rain of flowers, which had filled the people of the assembly, had stopped, those gathered in the hall heard this talk of the hosts of Siddhas:
Word by word
- āpūrita
- which had filled
- sabhā
- of the assembly; in the hall
- ālōkē
- the people
- śāntē
- had stopped
- kusuma
- of flowers
- varṣaṇē
- when the rain
- imaṁ
- this
- siddha
- of Siddhas
- gaṇa
- of the hosts
- ālāpaṁ
- talk
- śuśruvus
- (śuśruvuḥ) heard
- tē
- those
- gatāḥ
- gathered
Meaning
Now the praise is heard. The hall had been buried in flowers (āpūrita-sabhā-loka, "the people of the hall filled" with them); when it stopped, voices came from the sky. Verses 24 to 27 are the Siddhas' words. The order is meaningful: first the silent gift, then the word. The reader may notice that in the text the response of the heavens to a true question is first beauty and then understanding.