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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 1.72
rāsotsavah sampravritto
yogeśvarena krishnena
SYNONYMS
rāsa-utsavah — the festival of the rāsa dance; sampravrittah — was begun; gopī-mandala — by groups of gopīs; manditah — decorated; yoga-īśvarena — by the master of all mystic powers; krishnena — by Lord Krishna; tāsām — of them; madhye — in the middle; dvayoh dvayoh — of each two.
TRANSLATION
"When Lord Krishna, surrounded by groups of cowherd girls, began the festivities of the rāsa dance, the Lord of all mystic powers placed Himself between each two girls."
PURPORT
This verse is also quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.33.3).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness