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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.21
gopyah sphurat-purata-kundala-kuntala-tvid-
ganda-śriyā sudhita-hāsa-nirīkshanena
mānam dadhatya rishabhasya jaguh kritāni
punyāni tat-kara-ruha-sparśa-pramodāh
SYNONYMS
gopyah — the gopīs; sphurat — shining; purata — golden; kundala — of their earrings; kuntala — and of the locks of their hair; tvit — of the effulgence; ganda — of their cheeks; śriyā — by the beauty; sudhita — made nectarean; hāsa — smiling; nirīkshanena — by their glances; mānam — honor; dadhatyah — giving; rishabhasya — of their hero; jaguh — they sang; kritāni — the activities; punyāni — auspicious; tat — His; kara-ruha — of the fingernails; sparśa — by the touch; pramodāh — greatly pleased.
TRANSLATION
The gopīs 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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