गायन्त्यो मधुरालापैर्नन्दनोद्यानदेवताः । तवाऽऽगमनमाशङ्क्य प्रवृत्ताः परिनर्तितुम् ॥ ९ ॥
gāyantyō madhurālāpairnandanōdyānadēvatāḥ | tavā’’gamanamāśaṅkya pravṛttāḥ parinartitum || 9 ||
Translation
singing in sweet voices, the goddesses of the Nandana garden have begun to dance, expecting your coming."
Word by word
- gāyantyō
- (gāyantyaḥ) singing
- madhura
- in sweet
- ālāpair
- (ālāpaiḥ) voices
- nandana
- of the Nandana
- udyāna
- garden
- dēvatāḥ
- the goddesses
- tava
- your
- āgamanam
- coming
- āśaṅkya
- expecting
- pravṛttāḥ
- have begun
- parinartitum
- to dance
Meaning
Nandana is Indra's pleasure-garden in heaven. Its goddesses already dance for the warrior who will arrive; the speaker is encouraging his friend to fight without fear.