And then sounded the kettle-drum, beaten by a golden stick, announcing the departure of the night; and people sounded conchs and other instruments by hundreds furnished with soft and loud sounds.
सुवर्णकोणाभिहतः प्राणदद्यामदुन्दुभिः। दध्मुः शङ्खांश्च शतशो वाद्यांश्चोच्चावचस्वरान्॥