CC Madhya 11.216
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 11, Text 216
অষ্ট মৃদঙ্গ বাজে, বত্রিশ করতাল ।
হরিধ্বনি করে সবে, বলে — ভাল, ভাল ॥ ২১৬ ॥
হরিধ্বনি করে সবে, বলে — ভাল, ভাল ॥ ২১৬ ॥
aṣṭa mṛdaṅga bāje, batriśa karatāla
hari-dhvani kare sabe, bale — bhāla, bhāla
hari-dhvani kare sabe, bale — bhāla, bhāla
Word by word
aṣṭa mṛdaṅga — eight mṛdaṅgas; bāje — sounded; batriśa — thirty-two; karatāla — cymbals; hari-dhvani — vibrating the transcendental sound; kare — does; sabe — every one of them; bale — says; bhāla bhāla — very good, very good.
Translation
In the four groups there were eight mṛdaṅgas and thirty-two cymbals. All together they began to vibrate the transcendental sound, and everyone said, “Very good! Very good!”