कर्णोत्पलालकविटङ्ककपोलघर्म- वक्त्रश्रियो वलयनूपुरघोषवाद्यै: । गोप्य: समं भगवता ननृतु: स्वकेश- स्रस्तस्रजो भ्रमरगायकरासगोष्ठ्याम् ॥ १५ ॥
karṇotpalālaka-viṭaṅka-kapola-gharma- vaktra-śriyo valaya-nūpura-ghoṣa-vādyaiḥ gopyaḥ samaṁ bhagavatā nanṛtuḥ sva-keśa- srasta-srajo bhramara-gāyaka-rāsa-goṣṭhyām
- karṇa
- upon their ears
- utpala
- with the lotus flowers
- alaka
- by locks of their hair
- vitaṅka
- decorated
- kapola
- their cheeks
- gharma
- with perspiration
- vaktra
- of their faces
- śriyaḥ
- the beauty
- valaya
- of their armlets
- nūpura
- and ankle bells
- ghoṣa
- of the reverberation
- vādyaiḥ
- with the musical sound
- gopyaḥ
- the gopīs
- samam
- together
- bhagavatā
- with the Personality of Godhead
- nanṛtuḥ
- danced
- sva
- their own
- keśa
- from the hair
- srasta
- scattered
- srajaḥ
- the garlands
- bhramara
- the bees
- gāyaka
- singers
- rāsa
- of the rāsa dance
- goṣṭhyām
- in the assembly
Enhancing the beauty of the gopīs ’ faces were the lotus flowers behind their ears, the locks of hair decorating their cheeks, and drops of perspiration. The reverberation of their armlets and ankle bells made a loud musical sound, and their chaplets scattered. Thus the gopīs danced with the Supreme Lord in the arena of the rāsa dance as swarms of bees sang in accompaniment.