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तं मेरुशिखरप्रख्यं मेघदुन्दुभिनिस्वनम् । आरुरोह रथं शौरिर्विमानमिव पुण्यकृत्॥५-८१-२१॥
Śauri mounted that chariot, resembling the peak of Meru and resounding like cloud-drums, as a meritorious person might ascend a celestial car.
english translation
ततः सात्यकिमारोप्य प्रययौ पुरुषोत्तमः । पृथिवीं चान्तरिक्षं च रथघोषेण नादयन्॥५-८१-२२॥
Then the Puruṣottama set out, taking Sātyaki aboard, making both the earth and the mid-air resound with the chariot’s rumble.
english translation
व्यपोढाभ्रघनः कालः क्षणेन समपद्यत । शिवश्चानुववौ वायुः प्रशान्तमभवद्रजः॥५-८१-२३॥
In an instant the sky was freed of dense clouds; an auspicious wind blew, and the dust settled into calm.
english translation
प्रदक्षिणानुलोमाश्च मङ्गल्या मृगपक्षिणः । प्रयाणे वासुदेवस्य बभूवुरनुयायिनः॥५-८१-२४॥
At Vāsudeva’s departure, auspicious animals and birds moved in a rightward, favorable course, as though accompanying him.
english translation
मङ्गल्यार्थपदैः शब्दैरन्ववर्तन्त सर्वशः । सारसाः शतपत्राश्च हंसाश्च मधुसूदनम्॥५-८१-२५॥
With sounds conveying auspicious meanings, cranes, śatapatra-birds, and swans followed Madhusūdana from all sides.
english translation