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叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

1. Then 艢颈惫补 called Nandin and other 骋补峁嘺蝉 and ordered them to accompany Him.

艢颈惫补 said:鈥�

2. Station a few 骋补峁嘺蝉 here and the rest of you accompany me to the city of the mountain in a jovial mood.

叠谤补丑尘腻 said:鈥�

3. Then the lords of 骋补峁嘺蝉 thus ordered took their armies and started joyously. I shall explain it in general terms.

4. The lord of 骋补峁嘺蝉, 艢a峁卥hakar峁嘺 started with a crore of 骋补峁嘺蝉 to the city of Himavat along with 艢颈惫补.

5. Kekar膩k峁�a took ten crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉 with gaiety. 痴颈办峁泃补, the leader of 骋补峁嘺蝉, took eight crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

6. 痴颈艣腻办丑补 took four crores and 笔腻谤颈箩腻迟补 took nine crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

7. The glorious Sarv膩ntaka and Vik峁泃膩nana took sixty crores. Dundubha took eight crores.

8. O sage, 碍补辫腻濒补 took five crores and the heroic Sand膩raka took six crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

9. Kanduka and 碍耻峁囜笉补办补 took a crore of the 骋补峁嘺蝉. Vi峁ａ弓ambha took eight crores.

10. The leader Pippala joyously went with a thousand crores. O excellent sage, San膩daka the hero also took so many.

11. 膧ve艣ana went with eight crores. 惭补丑腻办别艣补 took a thousand crores.

12. O sage, 碍耻峁囜笉补 and Parvataka each took twelve crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉 with him. The heroic Candrat膩pana went with eight crores.

13. 碍腻濒补, 碍腻濒补ka and 惭补丑腻办腻濒补 each went with hundred crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉. The leader of 骋补峁嘺蝉 named Agnika went with a crore.

14. Agnimukha, the leader of 骋补峁嘺蝉, went with a crore. 膧dityam奴rdh膩 and Ghan膩vaha each went with a crore of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

15. Sann膩ha and Kumuda went with hundred crores. So also Amogha and Kokila each went with hundred crores.

16. Sumantra, the leader of 骋补峁嘺蝉, went with a crore of 骋补峁嘺蝉. K膩kap膩dodara and Sant膩naka went each with six crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

17. 惭补丑腻产补濒补, Madhupi峁単a and Kokila each went with nine crores. 狈墨濒补 and 笔奴谤峁嘺产丑补诲谤补 each went with ninety crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

18. Caturvaktra with seven crores, 碍补谤补峁嘺 with twenty crores and the leader of 骋补峁嘺蝉 Ahiromaka went with ninety crores.

19. O 狈腻谤补诲补, Yajv膩k峁�a, 艢补迟补尘补苍测耻 and Meghamanyu each of these leaders too went with so many crores.

20. K膩峁ａ弓h膩g奴岣峢a, the leader of 骋补峁嘺蝉, went with sixtyfour crores. So too 痴颈谤奴辫腻办峁�a, 厂耻办别艣补, 痴峁涐梗补产丑补 and 厂补苍腻迟补苍补.

21. Similarly 罢腻濒补办别迟耻, 峁�a岣嵞乻ya, the eternal Ca帽cv膩sya 厂补峁僾补谤迟补办补, Caitra and the lord 尝补办耻濒墨艣补 himself.

22-23. The brilliant Lok膩ntaka, Daity膩ntaka, lord Bh峁涐箙giri峁璱, the glorious Devapriya, 础艣补苍颈 and Bh膩nuka went with sixtyfour crores. Others in jovial mood went in thousands with 艢颈惫补 to attend his marriage, O sage.

24. A thousand crores of 叠丑奴迟补蝉 aud three crores of Pramathas went. 痴墨谤补产丑补诲谤补 went with sixtyfour crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉 and three crores of Romajas.

25. In the marriage procession of 艢颈惫补, Nandin and other leaders of 骋补峁嘺蝉 went surrounded by hundreds and twenties of crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

26. Knowing delightedly that it was 艢颈惫补鈥檚 marriage, Bhairava the 碍峁�e迟谤补辫腻濒补 went jovially with crores and crores of 骋补峁嘺蝉.

27. These and other leaders of 骋补峁嘺蝉 of great strength and multitudinous in number joined the procession with joy and enthusiasm.

28. They had a thousand hands. They wore matted hair and crowns. They were bedecked with streaks of the moon. They had three eyes and blue necks (like lord 艢颈惫补).

29. All of them wore garlands of 搁耻诲谤腻办峁�a beads. They had the holy ashes smeared over the body. They had the ornaments of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, crowns etc.

30. The leaders were as refulgent as 叠谤补丑尘腻, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and Indra, 础峁噄尘腻 and other Energies.^[1] They were as brilliant and lustrous as crores of suns.

31. O sage, some of them belonged to this terrestrial world, some came through nether worlds, some came through the sky and some came through seven heavens.

32. Of what avail is this talk? O celestial sage, 艢颈惫补鈥檚 own 骋补峁嘺蝉 living in all the worlds came and joined the procession of 艢颈惫补, with pleasure.

33. Thus, lord 艢颈惫补, accompanied by his 骋补峁嘺蝉, gods and others, went to the city of Himagiri for the celebration of His marriage.

34. O great sage, listen to another incident that happened when 艢颈惫补, the lord of all, went for his marriage along with the gods and others.

35. Rudra鈥檚 sister 颁补峁囜笉墨 assuming a great festive mood came there with great pleasure but inspiring terror in others.

36. She was riding on a ghost. She was bedecked in the ornaments of serpents. A gold pot filled (with water) shone over her head.

37. She was accompanied by her attendants. Her face was beaming. Her eyes dazzled. She was enthusiastic and glad. She was strong.

38. The divine 叠丑奴迟补 attendants were crores and crores in number. They shone in diverse forms.

39. Accompanied by them 颁补峁囜笉墨 of deformed face went ahead gladly and enthusiastically. She was equally competent to please and to harass.

40. All the 骋补峁嘺蝉 of 艢颈惫补 numbering to eleven crore s, terrible but favourites of 艢颈惫补 were kept by her far behind.

41. The loud sounds of 岣宎尘补谤耻蝉, the Jha峁卥膩ra sound of the 叠丑别谤墨蝉 and the sound of the conches pervaded all the three worlds.

42. The tumultuous sound of the Dundubhis rose up in the air blessing the universe auspiciously and destroying everything other than auspicious.

43. O sage, behind the 骋补峁嘺蝉, the enthusiastic gods, the Siddhas, the guardians of the quarters and others followed.

44. O sage, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, seated on 骋补谤耻岣峚 and going in the middle of the group shone with the great umbrella held aloft.

45. He was surrounded by his attendants who fanned him with 颁腻尘补谤补蝉. His 笔腻谤峁�a诲补蝉 too shone well. He was bedecked in all his ornaments.

46-47. I too shone well on the way with the Vedas, 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉, 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 and 膧驳补尘补蝉 personified and along with my sons, 笔谤补箩腻辫补迟颈蝉, Sanaka and other Siddhas. I was eager in rendering service to 艢颈惫补.

48. Going along, seated on the elephant 础颈谤腻惫补迟补 in the midst of his armies, Indra, the lord of god, shone well fully decorated in various ways.

49. Many other sages enthusiastic about the marriage of 艢颈惫补 shone well on their way.

50-51. 艢腻办颈苍墨蝉, 驰腻迟耻诲丑腻苍补蝉 痴别迟腻濒补蝉, 叠谤补丑尘补谤腻办峁�a蝉补蝉, 叠丑奴迟补蝉, Pretas and Pramathas, Tumburu, 狈腻谤补诲补, 贬腻丑腻, 贬奴丑奴,^[2] Gandharvas and Kinnaras went ahead playing on their musical instruments with great delight.

52-53. The Mothers of the universe, the celestial virgins, 骋腻测补迟谤墨, 厂腻惫颈迟谤墨, 尝补办峁�m墨, the celestial maidens, the wives of the gods, the mothers of the worlds went ahead with great joy, only because it was the marriage of 艢颈惫补.

54-55. Lord 艢颈惫补, favourably disposed to virtue, was seated on his bull of crystal purity and beauty鈥攖he bull who is called Dharma by the Vedas, 艢腻蝉迟谤补蝉, Siddhas and sages. 艢颈惫补 was being served by the gods and sages on his way. He shone well.

56. Accompanied by all these sages and decorated in various ways, lord 艢颈惫补 was going to the abode of the mountain 贬颈尘腻濒补测补 for the marriage with 笔腻谤惫补迟墨. He shone well.

57. Thus the story of 艢颈惫补鈥檚 grand procession has been narrated to you. O 狈腻谤补诲补, listen to the incidents of good portent that happened in the city of Himavat.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

See Note 303 P. 235.

[2]:

Tumbaru, 贬腻丑腻 and 贬奴丑奴 were the Gandharvas, attending on Kubera They were expert musicians who played on 痴墨峁嚹� and other musical instruments and were generally invited at festivities.