tatra -- there; arabhata -- began; govindah -- Lord Krishna; rasa-kridam -- the pastime of the rasa dance; anuvrataih -- by the faithful (gopis); stri -- of women; ratnaih -- the jewels; anvitah -- joined; pritaih -- who were satisfied; anyonya -- among one another; abaddha -- entwining; bahubhih -- their arms.

There on the Yamuna's banks Lord Govinda then began the pastime of the rasa dance in the company of those jewels among women, the faithful gopis, who joyfully linked their arms together.