विद्याधरीमधुरमन्थरगीतिगर्भं मन्दारमाल्यवलनाकुलकामिनीकम् । विश्रान्तकान्तसुरसिद्धविमानपङ्क्ति व्योमोत्सवोच्चरितशोभमिवोल्ललास ॥ ३६ ॥
vidyādharīmadhuramantharagītigarbhaṁ mandāramālyavalanākulakāminīkam | viśrāntakāntasurasiddhavimānapaṅkti vyōmōtsavōccaritaśōbhamivōllalāsa || 36 ||
- Another reading: व्योमोत्सवोचरितशोभमिवोल्ललास (vyōmōtsavōcaritaśōbhamivōllalāsa) for व्योमोत्सवोच्चरितशोभमिवोल्ललास
Translation
Filled with the sweet, slow songs of the vidyādhara women, full of lovely women busy weaving garlands of mandāra, with rows of the chariots of handsome gods and siddhas at rest in it, the sky shone, its beauty raised high as for a festival of the heavens.
Word by word
- vidyādharī
- of the vidyādhara women
- madhura
- sweet
- manthara
- slow
- gīti
- with songs
- garbhaṁ
- filled
- mandāra
- of mandāra
- mālya
- garlands
- valana
- weaving
- ākula
- busy
- kāminīkam
- full of lovely women
- viśrānta
- at rest
- kānta
- handsome
- sura
- of gods
- siddha
- and siddhas
- vimāna
- of the chariots
- paṅkti
- with rows
- vyōma
- the heavens
- utsava
- a festival
- uccarita
- raised high
- śōbham
- its beauty
- iva
- as for
- ullalāsa
- shone
Meaning
The closing verse, in vasantatilakā, gathers the scene into one picture of festive beauty: songs, flower garlands for the heroes, the sky-chariots (vimānas) of the gods drawn up in rows like carriages at a great show. Below, men are about to die; above, it is a festival. The sarga holds both views without comment, and its teaching (vv. 23–34) has said which deaths the festival is for.