Verse 18

Glance

सभाकलकले शान्ते मौनसंस्थेषु बन्दिषु ।वृत्तासु स्थितिवार्तासु सौम्ये तस्मिन्सभान्तरे

In plain words

-- when the murmur of the hall had grown still, when the bards had settled into silence, when the courteous exchange of inquiries after one another's welfare had passed, in that gentle inner space of the assembly --