Text 11] The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva 329

flower garlands; nanda-dlayam—to the house of Maharaja Nanda; sa-
valayah—with bangles on their hands; vrajatih—while going (in that
costume); virejuh—they looked very, very beautiful; vyalola—moving;
kundala—with earrings; payodhara—with breasts; hara—with flower
garlands; sobhah—who appeared so beautiful.

TRANSLATION

In the ears of the gopis were brilliantly polished jeweled ear-
rings, and from their necks hung metal lockets. Their hands were
decorated with bangles, their dresses were of varied colors, and
from their hair, flowers fell onto the street like showers. Thus
while going to the house of Maharaja Nanda, the gopis, their ear-
rings, breasts and garlands moving, were brilliantly beautiful.

PURPORT

The description of the gopis, who were going to the house of Maharaja
Nanda to welcome Krsna, is especially significant. The gopis were not
ordinary women, but expansions of Krsna’s pleasure potency, as de-
scribed in the Brahma-samhita:

Gnanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-riipataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhiito
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami
(5.37)

cintémani-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vrksa-
lakséurtesu surabhir abhipdlayantam

laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamaénam
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami

(5.29)

Krsna is always worshiped by the gopis wherever He goes. Therefore
Krsna is so vividly described in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Sri Caitanya Maha-
prabhu has also described Krsna in this way: ramydé kdcid updsand
