Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 33: The Rāsa Dance

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.5

valayānāḿ nūpurāṇāḿ

kińkiṇīnāḿ ca yoṣitām

sa-priyāṇām abhūc chabdas

tumulo rāsa-maṇḍale

SYNONYMS

valayānām — of the armlets; nūpurāṇām — ankle bells; kińkiṇīnām — bells worn around the waist; ca — and; yoṣitām — of the women; sa-priyāṇām — who were with their beloved; abhūt — there was; śabdaḥa sound; tumulaḥ — tumultuous; rāsa-maṇḍalein the circle of the rāsa dance.

TRANSLATION

A tumultuous sound arose from the armlets, ankle bells and waist bells of the gopīs as they sported with their beloved Kṛṣṇa in the circle of the rāsa dance.

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