तत्रारभत गोविन्दो रासक्रीडामनुव्रतै: । स्त्रीरत्नैरन्वित: प्रीतैरन्योन्याबद्धबाहुभि: ॥ २ ॥
tatrārabhata govindo rāsa-krīḍām anuvrataiḥ strī-ratnair anvitaḥ prītair anyonyābaddha-bāhubhiḥ
- tatra
- there
- ārabhata
- began
- govindaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- rāsa-krīḍam
- the pastime of the rāsa dance
- anuvrataiḥ
- by the faithful (gopīs)
- strī
- of women
- ratnaiḥ
- the jewels
- anvitaḥ
- joined
- prītaiḥ
- who were satisfied
- anyonya
- among one another
- ābaddha
- entwining
- bāhubhiḥ
- their arms
There on the Yamunā’s banks Lord Govinda then began the pastime of the rāsa dance in the company of those jewels among women, the faithful gopīs, who joyfully linked their arms together.