raM:   p¤æOa   mhaÏmanàÏvaraE   j¢MrE   p¦Tk   .
g¤NvÓtaE{n¤ãpaà   âÅya   p#aE¿pdaEpma:   ¡16¡

raM:	the king's

p¤æOa:

sons

mhaÏman:

great souls

cÏvar:

four

j¢MrE

were born

p¦Tk	each as sui generis

g¤NvÓt:

endowed with all desirable qualities

An¤ãpa:

each one rivalling the other

c

and

âÅya	in brilliance

p#aE¿pd

the asterisms (stars) Purva and Uttara Prostapada

upma:

comparable to

 
Rivalling   the   stars   Purva   and   Uttara   Prostapadas   in   radiance,   those   four high-souled   sons,   endowed   with   all   ethical   excellences   were   born   to   the king,   each   one   separately   as   a   class   and   comparable   to   each   other   (16).

jg¤:   kl|   c   gÓDvaI   nn¦t¤àaÔsraEgNa:   .
vdEvѤÓѤByaE   nEѤ   p¤Ýpv¦¢¾à   Kac¯Åy¤ta   ¡17¡

jg¤:

sang

kl|

sweetly

c

and

gÓDvaI:

the Gandharvas

nn¦t¤:

danced

AÔsraEgNa:

the groups of celestial damsels

dEvѤÓѤBy:

the celestial drums

nEѤ:

resounded

p¤Ýpv¦¢¾:

a rain of flowers

c

and

Kat¯	from the sky

Åy¤ta

poured

Gandharvas   sang   melodiously,   groups   of   celestial   nymphs   danced,   heavenly drums   sounded   and   there   was   a   rain   of   flowers   from   the   skies   (17).
 
uÏsvà   mhanas£dyaEÒyaya|   jnakl:   ¡18¡

uÏsv:

festivities

c

and

mhan¯

gay

Aas£t¯

were

AyaEÒyaya|

in Ayodhya

jnakl:

concourse of people

In   Ayodhya   there   was   thronging   of   citizens   and   celebrations   of   gay
festivities   (18).
 
rÐyaà   jns|baDa   nzntIks|kla:   .
gaykWà   ¢vra¢vÎyaE   vadkWà   tTa{prW:   ¡19¡
r|b:Ðya:     |?b: the roads

c

and

jns|baDa:

thronging with citizens

nz

actors

ntIk

dancers

s|kla:

spread out

gaykW:

by musicians

c

and

¢vra¢vÎy:

resounded

vadkW:

by people playing on instruments

c

and

tTa

likewise

AprW:

by others

 
The   roads   and   the   streets   were   reverberating   with   the   sounds   made   by the   milling   crowds   of   people,   actors   and   dancers,   musicians   (vocalists) and   instrumentalists,   as   also   with   other   commoners   (19).
    
p#dEya|à   ddaW   raja   s¥tmagDv¢Ódnam¯   .
b#a'NE×yaE   ddaW   ¢väO|   gaEDna¢n   sh*S:   ¡
At£ÏyWkadSah|   t¤   namkmI   tTa{kraEt¯   ¡20¡

p#dEyan¯

gifts to be given

c

and

ddaW

gave

raja

the king

s¥t	who sing the praise of the king

magD	those who praise the dynasty

v¢Ódnam¯

royal bards

b#a'NE×y:

to the Brahmins

ddaW

gave

¢väO|

riches

gaEDna¢n

wealth in the form of cattle

sh*S:

in thousands

At£Ïy

had passed

ekadS

eleven

Ah|

days

t¤

verily

nam

naming

kmI

ceremony

tTa	as mentioned below (then)

AkraEt¯

did

 
 
The   king   made   presents   and   gifts   to   the   Sutas-the   soothsayers   who   were singing   his   praise,   the   Magadhas-   those   who   sang   extolling   the   dynasty, and   the   Vandis--who   were   cascding   eulogies.   Cows   and   other   riches   were distributed   in   thousands   to   the   learned.   After   the   passage   of   eleven days,   (the   king)   named   (the   children)   in   the   following   manner   (20).