Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.12

kasyāścin nāṭya-vikṣipta

kuṇḍala-tviṣa-maṇḍitam

gaṇḍaḿ gaṇḍe sandadhatyāḥ

prādāt tāmbūla-carvitam

SYNONYMS

kasyāścitto a certain gopī; nāṭya — by the dancing; vikṣipta — shaken; kuṇḍala — whose earrings; tviṣa — with the glitter; maṇḍitam — adorned; gaṇḍam — her cheek; gaṇḍe — next to His cheek; sandadhatyāḥ — who was placing; prādātHe carefully gave; tāmbūla — the betel nut; carvitam — chewed .

TRANSLATION

Next to Kṛṣṇa's cheek one gopī put her own, beautified by the effulgence of her earrings, which glittered as she danced. Kṛṣṇa then carefully gave her the betel nut He was chewing.

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