karna -- upon their ears; utpala -- with the lotus flowers; alaka -- by locks of their hair; vitanka -- decorated; kapola -- their cheeks; gharma -- with perspiration; vaktra -- of their faces; sriyah -- the beauty; valaya -- of their armlets; nupura -- and ankle bells; ghosha -- of the reverberation; vadyaih -- with the musical sound; gopyah -- the gopis; samam -- together; bhagavata -- with the Personality of Godhead; nanrituh -- danced; sva -- their own; kesa -- from the hair; srasta -- scattered; srajah -- the garlands; bhramara -- the bees; gayaka -- singers; rasa -- of the rasa dance; goshthyam -- in the assembly.

Enhancing the beauty of the gopis' faces were the lotus flowers behind their ears, the locks of hair decorating their cheeks, and drops of perspiration. The reverberation of their armlets and ankle bells made a loud musical sound, and their chaplets scattered. Thus the gopis danced with the Supreme Lord in the arena of the rasa dance as swarms of bees sang in accompaniment.