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SB 8.20.31

Devanāgarī

पर्जन्यघोषो जलज: पाञ्चजन्य: कौमोदकी विष्णुगदा तरस्विनी । विद्याधरोऽसि: शतचन्द्रयुक्त- स्तूणोत्तमावक्षयसायकौ च ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

parjanya-ghoṣo jalajaḥ pāñcajanyaḥ kaumodakī viṣṇu-gadā tarasvinī vidyādharo ’siḥ śata-candra-yuktas tūṇottamāv akṣayasāyakau ca

Synonyms

parjanya-ghoṣaḥ—having a sound vibration like that of the clouds;jalajaḥ—the Lord’s conchshell;pāñcajanyaḥ—which is known as Pāñcajanya;kaumodakī—known by the name Kaumodakī;viṣṇu-gadā—the club of Lord Viṣṇu;tarasvinī—with great force;vidyādharaḥ—named Vidyādhara;asiḥ—the sword;śata-candra-yuktaḥ—with a shield decorated with hundreds of moons;tūṇa-uttamau—the best of quivers;akṣayasāyakau—named Akṣayasāyaka;ca—also.

Translation

The Lord’s conchshell, named Pāñcajanya, which made sounds like that of a cloud; the very forceful club named Kaumodakī; the sword named Vidyādhara, with a shield decorated with hundreds of moonlike spots; and also Akṣayasāyaka, the best of quivers — all of these appeared together to offer prayers to the Lord.

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