Garga Samhita 1623

Garga Samhita

Canto Two : Chapter Twenty

Rasa-krida
The Rasa-dance Pastime

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Text 38 and 39

nrityair nana-vidhai ramyair
hava-bhava-samanvitaih
toshayantyo harim radham
kaöakshair vraja-gopikah

gayan madhuvanam pragat
sundari-gana-samvritah
raseshvarya rasa-lilam
cakre raseshvarah svayam[1]

With many different dances, with amorous gestures, and with sidelong glances the gopis pleased Krishna. Then, accompanied by the gopis as He sang Shri Radha's glories, Lord Krishna, the king of the rasa dance, went to Madhuvana forest, where He enjoyed a rasa dance with Shri Radha, the queen of the rasa dance.


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  1. nrityaih -with dancing; nana-vidhai -of various kinds; ramyaih -beautiful; hava-bhava-samanvitaih -with amorous gestures; toshayantyah -pleasing; harim -Krishna; radham -Radha; kaöakshaih -with sidelong glances; vraja-gopikah -the vraja-gopis; gayan -singing; madhuvanam -to madfhuvana; pragat -went; sundari-gana-samvritah -accompanied by the beautiful girls; raseshvarya -with the queen of the rasa dance; rasa-lilam -the rasa dance pastime; cakre -did; raseshvarah -the king of the rasa dance; svayam -personally.

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