Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.33.8

uccair jagur nrityamana

rakta-kanthyo rati-priyah

krishnabhimarsa-mudita

yad-gitenedam avritam

SYNONYMS

uccaih -- loudly; jaguh -- they sang; nrityamanah -- while dancing; rakta -- colored; kanthyah -- their throats; rati -- conjugal enjoyment; priyah -- dedicated to; krishna-abhimarsa -- by the touch of Lord Krishna; muditah -- joyful; yat -- whose; gitena -- by the singing; idam -- this entire universe; avritam -- is pervaded.

TRANSLATION

Eager to enjoy conjugal love, their throats colored with various pigments, the gopis sang loudly and danced. They were overjoyed by Krishna's touch, and they sang songs that filled the entire universe.

PURPORT

According to an authoritative book on music called Sangita-sara, tavanta eva ragah suryavatyo jiva-jatayah, teshu shodasa-sahasri pura gopi-krita vara: "There are as many musical ragas as there are species of life. Among these ragas are sixteen thousand principal ones, which were manifested by the gopis." Thus the gopis created sixteen thousand different ragas, or musical modes, and these have subsequently been disseminated throughout the world. The words yad-gitenedam avritam also indicate that even today devotees throughout the world sing the praises of Krishna, following the example of the gopis.

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