ŚB 10.54.57
Canto 10, Chapter 54, Text 57
सिक्तमार्गा मदच्युद्भिराहूतप्रेष्ठभूभुजाम् ।
गजैर्द्वा:सु परामृष्टरम्भापूगोपशोभिता ॥ ५७ ॥
गजैर्द्वा:सु परामृष्टरम्भापूगोपशोभिता ॥ ५७ ॥
sikta-mārgā mada-cyudbhir
āhūta-preṣṭha-bhūbhujām
gajair dvāḥsu parāmṛṣṭa-
rambhā-pūgopaśobhitā
āhūta-preṣṭha-bhūbhujām
gajair dvāḥsu parāmṛṣṭa-
rambhā-pūgopaśobhitā
Word by word
sikta — sprinkled; mārgā — its streets; mada — a secretion that flows from the foreheads of excited elephants; cyudbhiḥ — exuding; āhūta — invited; preṣṭha — beloved; bhū-bhujām — of the kings; gajaiḥ — by the elephants; dvāḥsu — in the doorways; parāmṛṣṭa — handled; rambhā — by plantain trees; pūga — and betel-nut trees; upaśobhitā — beautified.
Translation
The city’s streets were cleansed by the intoxicated elephants belonging to the beloved kings who were guests at the wedding, and these elephants further enhanced the beauty of the city by placing trunks of plantain and betel-nut trees in all the doorways.