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एवं च तस्मिन्नरदेवदेवे प्रायोपविष्टे दिवि देवसङ्घाः ।
प्रशस्य भूमौ व्यकिरन्प्रसूनैर् मुदा मुहुर्दुन्दुभयश्च नेदुः ॥ १८ ॥
 
evam ca tasmin nara-deva-deve
prayopaviste divi deva-saṅghah
prasasya bhumau vyakiran prasunair
muda muhur dundubhayasca neduh
evam-thus; ca-and; tasmin-in that; nara-deva-deve-upon the King's; praya-upaviste-being engaged in fasting to death; divi-in the sky; deva-demigods; saṅghah-all of them; prasasya-having praised the action; bhumau-on the earth; vyakiran-scattered; prasunaih-with flowers; muda-in pleasure; muhuh-continually; dundubhayah-celestial drums; ca-also; neduh-beaten.