Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

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; sudhitamade 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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