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The twelfth festival, the mridangas, not we, truly see you, made of gold. Thus, the thieves were caught on Sunday. ||20|| The Muravas, the Kuravas, these are not to be spoken of, having done their work. Thus, the Panavadyas, the Sura-nakas, sounded their instruments with a deep sound. ||207|| In the morning, some blew large conch shells. As if unable to bear the pressure of their own hands, they were full of essence. ||208|| Some, with the high-pitched sounds of the trumpets, sang praises, both sweet and deep, to the auspicious ones. ||209|| Thus, adorned by the service done by them, the goddess shone, as if she had attained oneness, the Lakshmi of the three worlds. ||210|| Served with great excitement by the Dikkumari goddesses, that Marudevi took on a very excellent beauty, and she seemed as if she had taken on such excellent beauty from the influence of the goddesses who had entered her body. ||211||
Then, as the ninth month approached, those goddesses, with great respect, began to please the pregnant Marudevi with various poetic gatherings. ||212|| With verses whose meaning is hidden, whose action is hidden, whose fourth part (the pada) is hidden, or in which a dot is missing, a measure is missing, or a letter is missing, and with many other types of verses, those goddesses pleased the Marudevi. ||213|| Those goddesses said, "O Mother, have you seen only one moon in this world, who is taking away all his wealth of art by force?" The meaning of this verse is a vyajastuti alankara, that is, the goddess is praised by means of a subtle criticism. The goddesses mean to say that as your radiance increases, the moon's radiance decreases, that is, in front of your radiant face, the moon seems to be without radiance. This shows that you have taken away all the wealth of art from the moon, considering him to be weak.
1. Mrinmayavayavah. 2. Dvanitam. 3. Murajah. Suravah A, 50, S, D, L. 4. Kutsitaravah. 5. Purhayanti sm. 6. Tatkarotpidanam M, L. 7. Aravena sahitan. 8. Ekatvam. 9. Pravishtah. 10. Gabhini. 11. Arthashcha kriyashcha padashcha arthakriyapadah nigudha arthakriyapadah yeshu taih. 12. Binduchyutakamaatrachyutakaksharachyutakah. 13. Yat karanat.