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Text 18

vaidürya-jätä vaòabhé-samühä
mahä-maho-néla-maëéndra-jaööaù
mahä-pratéhära-varo 'pi yasyäù
tat kauravindo vilasaty alaà sä

vaidurya—of lapus lazuli; jätäù—fashoined; vadabhi—of spires;
samühäh—multitudes; mahä-mahah—splendid; néla-mani—of sapphires;
indra-ja—of the best; attaù—palaces; mahä—with great; pratéhära—
of gates; varaù—the best; api—also; yasyäù—of which; tat—of that;
kauravindaù—made of rubies; vilasati—shines; alam—greatly; sä—that
capitol.

Nanda Mahäräja's palace is made of glistening sapphires, with lapus
lazuli roofs and large gates made of rubies.

Text 19

mukhya-prakoñöhe catur-älaye 'sya
bhaëòära-gehaà varuëasya diçyäm
çré-kåñëa-väsaù çubha-dakñiëa-sthaù
çré-räma-dhämottara-diçy udeti

mukhya—primary; prakoñöhe—in the courtyard; catuù—four; älaye—
in residences; asya—of that palace; bhaëdära—geham—the treasury;
varuëasya—of Varuna; diçyäm—in the direction; çré-kåñëa—of Çré Kåñëa;
väsaù—the residence; çubha—auspicious; dakñiëa—in the south; sthaù—
situated; çré räma—of Lord Balarama; dhäma—the residence; uttara—in
the northern; diçi—direction; udeti—is manifest.

In the center of Nanda Mahäräja's palace is a courtyard. The royal
treasury is in the western part, Lord Balaräma's residence in the
northern part, and Lord Kåñëa's residence in the southern part of
the palace.

Text 20

präcyäm gåhaà tädåçam eva yatra
präcyäàça yasyänyatara-prakoñöhe

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