यज्ञवाटपठद्विप्रजिततूर्याग्रनिस्वनम् । बन्दिकोलाहलोल्लासप्रतिश्रुद्धनकुञ्जरम् ॥ २६ ॥
yajñavāṭapaṭhadviprajitatūryāgranisvanam | bandikōlāhalōllāsapratiśruddhanakuñjaram || 26 ||
Translation
the loudest sound of trumpets outdone by brahmins reciting in the sacrificial enclosure; his elephants in the woods echoing the swell of the bards' clamour;
Word by word
- yajña
- sacrificial
- vāṭa
- in the enclosure
- paṭhad
- (paṭhat) reciting
- vipra
- by brahmins
- jita
- outdone
- tūrya
- of trumpets
- agra
- the loudest
- nisvanam
- sound
- bandi
- of the bards
- kōlāhala
- of the clamour
- ullāsa
- the swell
- pratiśrud
- (pratiśrut) echoing
- vana
- in the woods
- kuñjaram
- his elephants
Meaning
The commentary: in his sacrificial halls the brahmins chanting Vedic mantras drowned the sound of trumpets and horns; his forest elephants echoed the loud clamour of the bards.