ततोऽभ्यवकिरन्त्वन्ये लाजैः पुष्पैश्च सर्वतः। समुच्छ्रितपताकास्तु रथ्याः पुरवरोत्तमे॥ शोभयन्तु च वेश्मानि सूर्यस्योदयनं प्रति। स्रग्दाममुक्तपुष्पैश्च सुवर्णैः पञ्चवर्णकैः॥
tato'bhyavakirantvanye lājaiḥ puṣpaiśca sarvataḥ| samucchritapatākāstu rathyāḥ puravarottame|| śobhayantu ca veśmāni sūryasyodayanaṃ prati| sragdāmamuktapuṣpaiśca suvarṇaiḥ pañcavarṇakaiḥ||
English Meaning
Thereafter sprinkle all the places with flowers and dried paddy; hoist up flags all over the city; decorate all the houses, before the rising of the moon with garlands, jewels, flowers of gold and things of five other colours.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)