Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.75.9
మృదఙ్గశఙ్ఖపణవధున్ధుర్యానకగోముఖా: ।
వాదిత్రాణి విచిత్రాణి నేదురావభృథోత్సవే ॥ ౯ ॥
mṛdaṅga-śaṅkha-paṇava-
[mridanga-shankha-panava-]
dhundhury-ānaka-gomukhāḥ
[dhundhury-aanaka-gomukhaah]
vāditrāṇi vicitrāṇi
[vaaditraani vichitraani]
nedur āvabhṛthotsave
[nedur aavabhrithotsave]
Word-for-word
mṛdaṅga
—
mṛdaṅga drums
śaṅkha
—
conchshells
paṇava
—
smaller drums
dhundhuri
—
a kind of large military drum
ānaka
—
kettledrums
go - mukhāḥ
—
a wind instrument
vāditrāṇi
—
music
vicitrāṇi
—
variegated
neduḥ
—
sounded
āvabhṛtha
—
of the avabhṛtha bath
utsave
—
during the celebration .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mṛdaṅga-śaṅkha-paṇava-
mṛdaṅga
mṛdaṅga drums
śaṅkha
conchshells
paṇava
smaller drums
dhundhury-ānaka-gomukhāḥ
dhundhuri
a kind of large military drum
ānaka
kettledrums
go - mukhāḥ
a wind instrument
vāditrāṇi vicitrāṇi
vāditrāṇi
music
vicitrāṇi
variegated
nedur āvabhṛthotsave
neduḥ
sounded
āvabhṛtha
of the avabhṛtha bath
utsave
during the celebration .
Important Words
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mṛdaṅga
—
mṛdaṅga drums
The clay-bodied two-headed drum. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's sańkīrtana centered the mṛdaṅga; here it sounds at the avabhṛtha. The same instrument carries Vedic celebration and Gauḍīya kīrtana.
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śaṅkha
—
conchshell
Pāñcajanya's relative — Kṛṣṇa's own conch. The yajña's sound-field mirrors the Lord's: where Kṛṣṇa stands, conches sound.
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vāditrāṇi
—
musical instruments
Plural — many voices, one celebration. Gauḍīyas note that yajña-sound is itself a limb of glorification; the Lord is praised not only by words but by the bodies of instruments.
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āvabhṛtha
—
of the avabhṛtha bath
Genitive of the concluding bath. The drums' specific occasion: not just a party, but the sacrificial frame's completion. Festival is hemmed by yajña.
During the avabhṛtha celebration, the music of many kinds of instruments resounded, including mṛdaṅgas, conchshells, panavas, dhundhuris, kettledrums and gomukha horns.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
During the avabhṛtha celebration, the music of many kinds of instruments resounded, including mṛdaṅgas, conchshells, panavas, dhundhuris, kettledrums and gomukha horns.
Jīva Gosvāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Dhundhurī is a type of ānaka. Paṭaha is a type dundhubhi.
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Analogy
When a kīrtana is in full swing, the mṛdaṅgas and conches do not merely accompany the chanting — they ARE the chanting, in another voice. The avabhṛtha's many drums are the body of the festival; sound is how a yajña tells the world it is happy.
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