। ॥ १२ ॥
In plain words
When the dance is about to begin, Nandī's hand comes down on the muraja — dhimi, dhiṃ — great open strokes that keep the Lord's heart glad, on and on, there in the full assembly. And with him Caṇḍīśa and the others, the captains of Śiva's hosts, whose deft gifts so please their Master that his honours pile up on them and grace keeps rising in them: may they all, well-pleased, guard us.
Close to the Sanskrit
He who, at the commencements of the dance, by the exceedingly ample 'dhimi-dhiṃ' soundings made upon the hand-struck muraja drum, continuously produces delight in the heart of the Blessed Lord in the assembly — that Nandī; and likewise the others, Caṇḍīśa and the rest, the chiefs of the Pramatha hosts, in whom grace rises up from the abundance of the honour shown by their Master, gratified by their host of adroit qualities — may they, being well-pleased, protect us.