Verse 2.17.22

Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:

समागतां तां मणि-मन्दिराजिरे
ददर्श राधा वृषभानु-नन्दिनी
यत्-तेजसा तल्-ललना-हृत-त्विषो
जातास् त्वरं चन्द्रमसेव तारकाः

samāgatāṃ tāṃ maṇi-mandirājire
dadarśa rādhā vṛṣabhānu-nandinī
yat-tejasā tal-lalanā-hṛta-tviṣo
jātās tvaraṃ candramaseva tārakāḥ

samāgatām—arrived; tām—Her; maṇi-mandirājire—in the jewel courtyard of the palace; dadarśa—saw; rādhā—Rādhā; vṛṣabhānu—of King Vṛṣabhānu; nandinī—the daughter; yat-tejasā—by whose splendor; tal-lalanā—of the other women; hṛta—eclipsed; tviṣaḥ—the splendor; jātāḥ—manifested; tvaram—at once; candramasā—by the moon; iva—like; tārakāḥ—the stars.

English translation of verse 2.17.22:

Then King Vṛṣabhānu's daughter Rādhā saw the disguised Kṛṣṇa enter the palace courtyard. His splendor elipsed the splendor of all the other girls as the moon eclipses the stars.

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