Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rasa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.21

gopyah sphurat-purata-kundala-kuntala-tvid-

ganda-sriya sudhita-hasa-niriksanena

manam dadhatya rsabhasya jaguh krtani

punyani tat-kara-ruha-sparsa-pramodah

SYNONYMS

gopyah -- the gopis; sphurat -- shining; purata -- golden; kundala -- of their earrings; kuntala -- and of the locks of their hair; tvit -- of the effulgence; ganda -- of their cheeks; sriya -- by the beauty; sudhita -- made nectarean; hasa -- smiling; niriksanena -- by their glances; manam -- honor; dadhatyah -- giving; rsabhasya -- of their hero; jaguh -- they sang; krtani -- the activities; punyani -- auspicious; tat -- His; kara-ruha -- of the fingernails; sparsa -- by the touch; pramodah -- greatly pleased.

TRANSLATION

The gopis honored their hero with smiling glances sweetened by the beauty Or their cheeks and the effulgence of their curly locks and glittering golden earrings. Overjoyed from the touch of His fingernails, they chanted the glories of His all-auspicious transcendental pastimes.

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