अधिकृता authorised, ते नराः those persons, यथाज्ञप्ति in accordance with the orders (of Bharata), युक्ताः performing their work, आज्ञप्य issued orders (to the artisans), अथ thereafter, बहुस्वादुफलेषु with varieties of sweet fruits, रमणीयेषु lovely, देशेषु places, महात्मनः of great, भरतस्य Bharata, यः निवेशः restingplace, अभिप्रेतः selected, तम् that place, भूषाभिः with ornaments, भूषणोपमम् like ornaments , भूयः well, शोभयामासुः shone.

Those authorised ordered the artisans to perform their respective tasks. Thereafter, they selected lovely tracts of land filled with trees bearing varieties of sweet fruits as restingplace for great Bharata and decorated them so splendidly, that they looked like ornaments themseleves.