tato dundubhayo nedur

nipetuḥ puṣpa-vṛṣṭayaḥ

jagur gandharva-patayaḥ

sa-strīkās tad-yaśo 'malam

tatah -- then; dundubhayah -- kettledrums; neduh -- resounded; nipetuh -- fell down; pushpa -- of flowers; vrishtayah -- rain; jaguh -- they sang; gandharva-patayah -- the chief Gandharvas; sa-strikah -- along with their wives; tat -- of Him, Lord Krishna; yasah -- the glories; amalam -- spotless.


Texto

Kettledrums then resounded in the sky while flowers rained down and the chief Gandharvas and their wives sang Lord Krishna's spotless glories.

Significado

As stated here, Lord Krishna's glory in dancing the rasa dance is pure spiritual bliss. The demigods in heaven, in charge of maintaining propriety in the universe, ecstatically accepted the rasa dance as the ultimate religious affair, completely different from the perverted reflection of romance we find in this mundane world.