Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 4242

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ākarṇya smarayauvarājyapaṭahaṃ jīmūtanūtnadhvaniṃ nṛtyatkekikuṭumbakasya dadhataṃ mandrāṃ mṛdaṅgakriyām /
unmīlannavanīlakandaladalavyājena romāñcitā harṣeṇeva samucchritān vasumatī dadhre śilīndhradhvajān //

Hearing the fresh rumble of the clouds, the drum of Madana's crown princehood,
which serves as a deep mṛdaṅga for the dancing family of peacocks,
the earth, bristling with hair under the guise of sprouting leaves of fresh blue kandalī plants,
held up, as if in joy, tall banners of mushrooms.