एवं च तस्मिन्नरदेवदेवे प्रायोपविष्टे दिवि देवसङ्घा: । प्रशस्य भूमौ व्यकिरन् प्रसूनै- र्मुदा मुहुर्दुन्दुभयश्च नेदु: ॥ १८ ॥
evam ca tasmin nara-deva-deve prayopaviste divi deva-sanghah prasasya bhumau vyakiran prasunair muda muhur dundubhayas ca neduh
- evam
- thus
- ca
- and
- tasmin
- in that
- nara-deva-deve
- upon the King’s
- praya-upaviste
- being engaged in fasting to death
- divi
- in the sky
- deva
- demigods
- sanghah
- all of them
- prasasya
- having praised the action
- bhumau
- on the earth
- vyakiran
- scattered
- prasunaih
- with flowers
- muda
- in pleasure
- muhuh
- continually
- dundubhayah
- celestial drums
- ca
- also
- neduh
- beaten.
Thus the King, Maharaja Pariksit, sat to fast until death. All the demigods of the higher planes praised the King’s actions and in pleasure continually scattered flowers over the earth and beat celestial drums.