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The fourteenth festival, the Vairmanalaya, was adorned with some who danced with the Tandava style, some with the graceful movements of celestial dancers, and some with beautiful acting. ||13|| Some were like lightning, some like Indra's body, and they danced with controlled entrances and exits, following the rules of drama. ||134|| They shone like the creepers of the Kalpa tree, growing on the branches of Indra's arms. ||135|| He, the glorious Indra, danced with them, spinning like a whirling wheel, his crown swaying. ||136|| With thousands of eyes, he was like a blooming lotus pond, and they, with their smiling lotus faces, were like the lotuses themselves. ||137|| Their faces, adorned with gentle smiles, shone like blooming lotuses bathed in the nectar of the divine. ||138|| Some danced on Indra's arms, which were like the Kula mountains, and they shone like embodied Lakshmi. ||139|| Others, like another Lakshmi, danced on Indra's arms, which were like the pillars that bind the Airavata elephant. ||140|| Some danced with many forms, their reflections falling on the pearls of their necklaces, like Indra's multifaceted Vidya. ||141|| Some danced gracefully, placing their feet on Indra's fingertips, like a needle dance. ||142|| Others, with their navels resting on the tips of Indra's fingers, spun like bamboo poles placed on a wooden platform. ||143|| The celestial dancers, on Indra's...
1. Tandava dance. 2. Body. 'Sanghatagrasoh pindir dvayo: punsi kalevare.' This is the definition. 3. Exits. 4. Rotation. 5. Combined. 6. Blooming. 7. Washed. 8. Flows. 9. Dancing. 10. Binding pillar. 11. Reflections. 12. Rested. 13. Well-tied.