Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.13

nṛtyatī gāyatī kācit

kūjan nūpura-mekhalā

pārśva-sthācyuta-hastābjaḿ

śrāntādhāt stanayoḥ śivam

SYNONYMS

nṛtyatī — dancing; gāyatī — singing; kācita certain gopī; kūjan — murmuring; nūpura — her ankle bells; mekhalā — and her belt; pārśva-stha — standing at her side; acyuta — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; hasta-abjam — the lotus hand; śrāntā — feeling tired; adhāt — placed; stanayoḥ — upon her breasts; śivam — pleasing.

TRANSLATION

Another gopī became fatigued as she danced and sang, the bells on her ankles and waist tinkling. So she placed upon her breasts the comforting lotus hand of Lord Acyuta, who was standing by her side.

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