drishtva -- observing; kamut-vantam -- causing the night-blooming kumuda lotuses to open; akhanda -- unbroken; mandalam -- the disk of whose face; rama -- of the goddess of fortune; anana -- (resembling) the face; abham -- whose light; nava -- new; kunkuma -- with vermilion powder; arunam -- reddened; vanam -- the forest; ca -- and; tat -- of that moon; komala -- gentle; gobhih -- by the rays; ranjitam -- colored; jagau -- He played His flute; kalam -- sweetly; vama-drisam -- for the girls who had charming eyes; manah-haram -- enchanting.

Lord Krishna saw the unbroken disk of the full moon glowing with the red effulgence of newly applied vermilion, as if it were the face of the goddess of fortune. He also saw the kumuda lotuses opening in response to the moon's presence and the forest gently illumined by its rays. Thus the Lord began to play sweetly on His flute, attracting the minds of the beautiful-eyed gopis.