[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 9.45.52 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.45.52 Mahābhārata 9.45.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.45.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.52) tuṣṭuvuste kumāraṃ ca sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | jaguśca devagandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || 52 || > Then that vast assemblage of celestials and diverse kinds of creatures began cheerfully to beat their drums and blow their conchs numbering thousands. And they also played on their patahas and jharjharas and krikacas and cow-horns and adambaras and gomukhas and dindimas of loud sound. All the gods, with Vasava at their head, praised Kumara. The celestials and the gandharvas sang and the apsaras danced. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 9.45.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.51) - [Next: 9.45.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.53) - [Up: 9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.9.46.9) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.9.47.59) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.9.46.59) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.9.45.52) · Pramāṇa