Gopala Vimsathi 17/21

17. citrAkalpa: Sravasi kalayan lankalI karNapUram.

      barhottamsa sphuritacikuro bandhujIvam dadhAna: |

      gunjA baddhA murasi lalitAm dharayan hArayaStim

      gopastrInAm. jayati kitava: ko'pi kaumArahAri |

    

   1.       citrA Akalpa:- one who is decorated with ornaments

         2.       Sravasi – in the ear

         3.       Kalayan – one who does it to himself

         4.       lankalI karNapUram – decorated with Lankali flower

         5.       barha utthamsa – wearing peacock feathers on his head

         6.       sphurita chikura – tresses of his hair

         7.       bandhujIvam – hibiscus flower

         8.       dadhAna: - wearing

         9.       gunjA – kundhumani

       10.   baddha – beaded

       11.   urasi  - chest

       12.   dharayan – wearing -

       13.   hArayaStim –wearing a  long necklace that goes down the chest from the neck

       14.   gopastrInAm – cow herd girls the Gopis

       15.   jayati – win, acquire

       16.   kitava: - mischievous Krishna

       17.   ko'pi - unusual

       18.   kaumArahAri – attracted by the youthfulness

Krishna is always roaming in the forest. So he adorns res himself with flowers from the forest. He wears the coconut tree flower in his ears for earrings. His hair tresses are beautified with peacock feathers. He wears hibiscus flower on his hair. He wears a long necklace strung with kundhumani (kunja ) beads. Mischecious Krishna thus decorates himself with all unusual ornaments and attracts the young Gopis with his vast experience.