रासोत्सव: सम्प्रवृत्तो गोपीमण्डलमण्डित: । योगेश्वरेण कृष्णेन तासां मध्ये द्वयोर्द्वयो: । प्रविष्टेन गृहीतानां कण्ठे स्वनिकटं स्त्रिय: । यं मन्येरन् नभस्तावद् विमानशतसङ्कुलम् । दिवौकसां सदाराणामौत्सुक्यापहृतात्मनाम् ॥ ३ ॥
rāsotsavaḥ sampravṛtto gopī-maṇḍala-maṇḍitaḥ yogeśvareṇa kṛṣṇena tāsāṁ madhye dvayor dvayoḥ praviṣṭena gṛhītānāṁ kaṇṭhe sva-nikaṭaṁ striyaḥ yaṁ manyeran nabhas tāvad vimāna-śata-saṅkulam divaukasāṁ sa-dārāṇām autsukyāpahṛtātmanām
- rāsa
- of the rāsa dance
- utsavaḥ
- the festivity
- sampravṛttaḥ
- commenced
- gopī-maṇḍala
- by the circle of gopīs
- maṇḍitaḥ
- decorated
- yoga
- of mystic power
- īśvareṇa
- by the supreme controller
- kṛṣṇena
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- tāsām
- of them
- madhye
- within the midst
- dvayoḥ dvayoḥ
- between each pair
- praviṣṭena
- present
- gṛhīṭānām
- who were held
- kaṇṭhe
- by the necks
- sva-nikaṭam
- next to themselves
- striyaḥ
- the women
- yam
- whom
- manyeran
- considered
- nabhaḥ
- the sky
- tāvat
- at that time
- vimāna
- of airplanes
- śata
- with hundreds
- saṅkulam
- crowded
- diva
- of the heavenly planets
- okasām
- belonging to the inhabitants
- sa
- accompanied
- dārāṇām
- by their wives
- autsukya
- by eagerness
- apahṛta
- carried away
- ātmanām
- their minds
The festive rāsa dance commenced, with the gopīs arrayed in a circle. Lord Kṛṣṇa expanded Himself and entered between each pair of gopīs, and as that master of mystic power placed His arms around their necks, each girl thought He was standing next to her alone. The demigods and their wives were overwhelmed with eagerness to witness the rāsa dance, and they soon crowded the sky with their hundreds of celestial airplanes.