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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
rāsotsavaḥ sampravṛtto gopī-maṇḍala-maṇḍitaḥ yogeśvareṇa kṛṣṇena tāsāṁ madhye dvayor dvayoḥ
SYNONYMS
rāsa-utsavaḥ —the festival of the  rāsa  dance;  sampravṛttaḥ —was begun;  gopī-maṇḍala —by groups of  gopīs ;  maṇḍitaḥ —decorated;  yoga-īśvareṇa —by the master of all mystic powers;  kṛṣṇena —by Lord Kṛṣṇa;  tāsāṁ —of them;  madhye —in the middle;  dvayoḥ dvayoḥ —of each two.
TRANSLATION
“When Lord Kṛṣṇa, surrounded by groups of cowherd girls, began the festivities of the  rāsa  dance, the Lord of all mystic powers placed Himself between each two girls.
PURPORT
This verse is also quoted from the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (10.33.3).
TEXTS 73-74
প্রবিষ্টেন গৃহীতানাং কণ্ঠে স্বনিকটং স্ত্রিয়ঃ ।
যং মন্ত্রেরমভস্তাবঘিমানশতসকুলম্ ॥ ৭৩ ॥
দিবোকসাং সদারাণামত্যোৎস্বক্যভৃতান্বনাম্ ।
ততো দ্বন্দ্বভয়ো নেদ্বনিপেত্তুঃ পুষ্পর্ঃষ্টয়ঃ ॥ ৭৪ ॥
praviṣṭena gṛhītānāṁ kaṇṭhe sva-nikaṭaṁ striyaḥ yaṁ manyeran nabhas tāvad vimāna-śata-saṅkulam
divaukasāṁ sadārāṇāṁ atyautsukya-bhṛtātmanām tato dundubhayo nedur nipetuḥ puṣpa-vṛṣṭayaḥ
SYNONYMS
praviṣṭena —having entered;  gṛhītānāṁ —of those embracing;  kaṇṭhe —on the neck;  sva-nikaṭaṁ —situated at their own side;  striyaḥ —the  gopīs ;  yaṁ —whom;  manyeran —would think;  nabhaḥ —the sky;  tāvat —at once;  vimāna —of airplanes;  śata —with hundreds;  saṅkulam —crowded;  diva-okasāṁ —of the demigods;  sa-dārāṇāṁ —with their wives;  atyautsukya —with eagerness;  bhṛta-ātmanāṁ —whose minds were filled;