avādayaṁs tadā vyomni

avādayaṁs tadā vyomni

vāditrāṇi ghanāghanāḥ

gāyanti taṁ sma gandharvā

nṛtyanty apsaraso mudā

At that time, in the sky, devatās in the clouds played instruments, the Gandarvas sang in praise of the Lord and the Apsaras danced in joy.

Ghanāghanāḥ means rumbling clouds, indicating the devatās. Amara-koṣa says that ghanāghana means rain cloud.

|| 3.24.8||

petuḥ sumanaso divyāḥ

khe-carair apavarjitāḥ

praseduś ca diśaḥ sarvā

ambhāṁsi ca manāṁsi ca

Flowers, dropped by flying devatās, fell from the sky. All the directions, waters and minds became satisfied.

Apavarjitā means expelled.

|| 3.24.9||

tat kardamāśrama-padaṁ

sarasvatyā pariśritam

svayambhūḥ sākam ṛṣibhir

marīcy-ādibhir abhyayāt

Brahmā, along the sages headed by Marīci, came to the hermitage of Kardama, which was surrounded by the Sarasvatī River.

Pariśritam means surrounded.

|| 3.24.10-11||

bhagavantaṁ paraṁ brahma

sattvenāṁśena śatru-han

tattva-saṅkhyāna-vijñaptyai

jātaṁ vidvān ajaḥ svarāṭ

sabhājayan viśuddhena

cetasā tac-cikīrṣitam

prahṛṣyamāṇair asubhiḥ

kardamaṁ cedam abhyadhāt

Independent Brahmā, knowing that the Lord had appeared in a śuddha-sattva portion to teach enumeration of the elements, worshipped the Lord’s future activities with pure heart and then spoke to Kardama and his wife with joyful senses.

This form of Kapila was not a full form, but a portion which was śuddha-sattva (sattvena aṁśena). Brahmā understood that the Lord had appeared to teach particularly (vijyaptai) the philosophy which enumerates elements (tattva-saṅkhyāna). He worshipped (sabhājayan) him. He spoke with joyful senses (asubhiḥ).  Asubhiḥ actually means life airs, but that also includes the senses. The word ca indicates Devahūti.

|| 3.24.12||

brahmovāca