Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.11

tatraikāmsa-gatam bāhum

krishnasyotpala-saurabham

candanāliptam āghrāya

hrishta-romā cucumba ha

SYNONYMS

tatra — there; ekā — one (gopī); amsa — upon her shoulder; gatam — placed; bāhum — the arm; krishnasya — of Lord Krishna; utpala — like a blue lotus; saurabham — the fragrance of which; candana — with sandalwood pulp; āliptam — smeared; āghrāya — smelling; hrishta — standing on end; romā — her bodily hairs; cucumba ha — she kissed.

TRANSLATION

Upon the shoulder of one gopī Krishna placed His arm, whose natural blue-lotus fragrance was mixed with that of the sandalwood pulp anointing it. As the gopī relished that fragrance, her bodily hair stood on end in jubilation, and she kissed His arm.

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