SB 11.9.8

SB 11.9.8

Devanagari

उभयोरप्यभूद् घोषो ह्यवघ्नन्त्या: स्वशङ्खयो: । तत्राप्येकं निरभिददेकस्मान्नाभवद् ध्वनि: ॥ ८ ॥

Verse text

ubhayor apy abhūd ghoṣo hy avaghnantyāḥ sva-śaṅkhayoḥ tatrāpy ekaṁ nirabhidad ekasmān nābhavad dhvaniḥ

Synonyms

ubhayoḥ from the two (on each hand) ; api still ; abhūt there was ; ghoṣaḥ noise ; hi indeed ; avaghnantyāḥ of her who was husking the rice ; sva śaṅkhayoḥ — from each set of two shell ornaments ; tatra therein ; api indeed ; ekam one only ; nirabhidat she separated ; ekasmāt from that one ornament ; na not ; abhavat there was ; dhvaniḥ a sound .

Translation

Thereafter, as the young girl continued to husk the rice, the two bracelets on each wrist continued to collide and make noise. Therefore she took one bracelet off each arm, and with only one left on each wrist there was no more noise.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Thereafter, as the young girl continued to husk the rice, the two bracelets on each wrist continued to collide and make noise. Therefore she took one bracelet off each arm, and with only one left on each wrist there was no more noise.