श्चित्राम्बरा: पथि शिखाच्युतमाल्यवर्षा: ।
नन्दालयं सवलया व्रजतीर्विरेजु-
र्व्यालोलकुण्डलपयोधरहारशोभा: ॥ ११ ॥
citrāmbarāḥ pathi śikhā-cyuta-mālya-varṣāḥ
nandālayaṁ sa-valayā vrajatīr virejur
vyālola-kuṇḍala-payodhara-hāra-śobhāḥ
tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ
goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam
lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
SYNONYMS
gopyaḥ—the gopīs; su-mṛṣṭa—very dazzling; maṇi—made of jewels; kuṇḍala—wearing earrings; niṣka-kaṇṭhyaḥ—and having little keys and lockets hanging from their necks; citra-ambarāḥ—dressed with varieties of colored embroidery; pathi—on their way to Yaśodāmayī's house; śikhā-cyuta—fell from their hair; mālya-varṣāḥ—a shower of flower garlands; nanda-ālayam—to the house of Mahārāja Nanda; sa-valayāḥ—with bangles on their hands; vrajatīḥ—while going (in that costume); virejuḥ—they looked very, very beautiful; vyālola—moving; kuṇḍala—with earrings; payodhara—with breasts; hāra—with flower garlands; śobhāḥ—who appeared so beautiful.
TRANSLATION
In the ears of the gopīs were brilliantly polished jeweled earrings, and from their necks hung metal lockets. Their hands were decorated with bangles, their dresses were of varied colors, and from their hair, flowers fell onto the street like showers. Thus while going to the house of Mahārāja Nanda, the gopīs, their earrings, breasts and garlands moving, were brilliantly beautiful.
PURPORT
The description of the gopīs, who were going to the house of Mahārāja Nanda to welcome Kṛṣṇa, is especially significant. The gopīs were not ordinary women, but expansions of Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency, as described in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.37,29):
tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ
goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam
lakṣmī-sahasra-śata-sambhrama-sevyamānaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi