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  "name":"SB 8.18.8",
  "h1":"SB 8.18.8",
  "label":"Text 8",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.18.8",
  "description":"Being very pleased, the celestial dancing girls [Apsarās] danced in jubilation, the best of the Gandharvas sang songs, and the great sages, demigods, Manus, Pitās and fire—gods offered prayers to satisfy the Lord."

} —

SB 8.18.8

Text

prītāś cāpsaraso 'nṛtyan
gandharva-pravarā jaguḥ
tuṣṭuvur munayo devā
manavaḥ pitaro 'gnayaḥ

Synonyms

prītāḥ—being very pleased; ca—also; apsarasaḥ—the celestial dancing girls; anṛtyan—danced; gandharva-pravarāḥ—the best of the Gandharvas; jaguḥ—sang; tuṣṭuvuḥ—satisfied the Lord by offering prayers; munayaḥ—the great sages; devāḥ—the demigods; manavaḥ—the Manus; pitaraḥ—the inhabitants of Pitṛloka; agnayaḥ—the fire-gods.

Translation

Being very pleased, the celestial dancing girls [Apsarās] danced in jubilation, the best of the Gandharvas sang songs, and the great sages, demigods, Manus, Pitās and fire—gods offered prayers to satisfy the Lord.