Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.5

barhapidam nata-vara-vapuh karnayoh karnikaram

bibhrad vasah kanaka-kapisam vaijayantim ca malam

randhran venor adhara-sudhayapurayan gopa-vrndair

vrndaranyam sva-pada-ramanam pravisad gita-kirtih

SYNONYMS

barha -- a peacock feather; apidam -- as the decoration of His head; nata-vara -- of the best of dancers; vapuh -- the transcendental body; karnayoh -- on the ears; karnikaram -- a particular kind of blue lotuslike flower; bibhrat -- wearing; vasah -- garments; kanaka -- like gold; kapisam -- yellowish; vaijayantim -- named Vaijayanti; ca -- and; malam -- the garland; randhran -- the holes; venoh -- of His flute; adhara -- of His lips; sudhaya -- with the nectar; apurayan -- filling up; gopa-vrndaih -- by the cowherd boys; vrnda-aranyam -- the forest of Vrndavana; sva-pada -- because of the marks of His lotus feet; ramanam -- enchanting; pravisat -- He entered; gita -- being sung; kirtih -- His glories.

TRANSLATION

Wearing a peacock-feather ornament upon His head, blue karnikara flowers on His ears, a yellow garment as brilliant as gold, and the Vaijayanti garland, Lord Krsna exhibited His transcendental form as the greatest of dancers as He entered the forest of Vrndavana, beautifying it with the marks of His footprints. He filled the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips, and the cowherd boys sang His glories.

PURPORT

The gopis remembered all the transcendental qualities of Krsna mentioned in this verse. Krsna's artful way of dressing and the beautiful blue flowers placed over His ears excited the gopis' romantic desires, and as He poured the nectar of His lips into His flute, they simply lost themselves in ecstatic love for Him.

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