Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.44

upagīyamāna udgāyan

vanitā-śata-yūthapaḥ

mālāḿ bibhrad vaijayantīḿ

vyacaran maṇḍayan vanam

SYNONYMS

upagīyamānaḥ — being sung about; udgāyan — singing loudly Himself; vanitā — of women; śata — hundreds; yūthapaḥ — the commander; māIām — the garland; bibhrat — wearing; vaijayantīm — known as Vaijayantī (which consists of flowers of five different colors); vyacaran — moving about; maṇḍayan — beautifying; vanam — the forest.

TRANSLATION

As the gopīs sang His praises, that leader of hundreds of women sang loudly in reply. He moved among them, wearing His Vaijayantī garland, beautifying the Vṛndāvana forest.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, Lord Kṛṣṇa sang many wonderful melodies and meters, and the gopīs accompanied Him, following His lead. Kṛṣṇa's singing on this occasion is described in the Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇa:

kṛṣṇaḥ śarac-candramasaḿ

kaumudīḿ kumudākaram

jagau gopī-janas tv ekaḿ

kṛṣṇa-nāma punaḥ punaḥ

"Kṛṣṇa sang the glories of the autumn moon, the moonshine and the lotus-filled river, while the gopīs simply sang His name repeatedly."

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