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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 20 ]
dharva —the celestial musicians;  apsarasām —and of the heavenly dancing girls;  gaṇān —the hosts of.
TRANSLATION
With a laugh full of deep significance, the worshipful Brahmā then evolved by his own loveliness, which seemed to enjoy itself by itself, the hosts of Gandharvas and Apsarās.
PURPORT
The musicians in the upper planetary systems are called Gandharvas, and the dancing girls are called Apsarās. After being attacked by the demons and evolving a form of a beautiful woman in the twilight, Brahmā next created Gandharvas and Apsarās. Music and dancing employed in sense gratification are to be accepted as demoniac, but the same music and dancing, when employed in glorifying the Supreme Lord as  kīrtana , is transcendental and brings about a life completely fit for spiritual enjoyment.
TEXT 39
विससर्ज तनुं तां वैज्योत्स्नां कान्तिमतीं प्रियाम् । त एव चाददुः प्रीत्या विश्वावसुपुरोगमाः ॥३९॥
visasarja tanum tām vai jyotsnām kāntimatīm priyām ta eva cādaduḥ prītyā viśvāvasu-purogamāḥ
visasarja —gave up;  tanum —form;  tām —that;  vai —in fact;  jyotsnām —moonlight;  kāntimatīm —shining;  priyām —beloved;  te —the Gandharvas;  eva —certainly;  ca —and;  ādaduḥ —took possession;  prītyā —gladly;  viśvāvasu-puraḥ-gamāḥ —headed by Viśvāvasu.
TRANSLATION
After that, Brahmā gave up that shining and beloved form of moonlight. Viśvāvasu and other Gandharvas gladly took possession of it.