सौमङ्गल्यगिरो विप्रा: सूतमागधवन्दिन: । गायकाश्च जगुर्नेदुर्भेर्यो दुन्दुभयो मुहु: ॥ ५ ॥
saumaṅgalya-giro viprāḥ sūta-māgadha-vandinaḥ gāyakāś ca jagur nedur bheryo dundubhayo muhuḥ
- saumaṅgalya-giraḥ
- whose chanting of mantras and hymns purified the environment by their vibration
- viprāḥ
- the brāhmaṇas
- sūta
- experts in reciting all the histories
- māgadha
- experts in reciting the histories of special royal families
- vandinaḥ
- general professional reciters
- gāyakāḥ
- singers
- ca
- as well as
- jaguḥ
- chanted
- neduḥ
- vibrated
- bheryaḥ
- a kind of musical instrument
- dundubhayaḥ
- a kind of musical instrument
- muhuḥ
- constantly
The brāhmaṇas recited auspicious Vedic hymns, which purified the environment by their vibration. The experts in reciting old histories like the Purāṇas, the experts in reciting the histories of royal families, and general reciters all chanted, while singers sang and many kinds of musical instruments, like bherīs and dundubhis, played in accompaniment.