Verse 31

आलोलचन्द्रकलसद्वनमाल्यवंशीरत्नाङ्गदं प्रणयकेलिकलाविलासम् । श्यामं त्रिभङ्गललितं नियतप्रकाशं गोविन्दमादिपुरुषं तमहं भजामि ॥ ३१ ॥

ālola-candraka-lasad-vanamālya-vaṁśī-
ratnāṅgadaṁ praṇaya-keli-kalā-vilāsam
śyāmaṁ tribhaṅga-lalitaṁ niyata-prakāśaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose garland of forest flowers shines with a gently swaying moon-locket, who carries a flute and wears jeweled armlets, who revels in the art of loving play, and whose dark-hued form, gracefully curved in three places, is eternally manifest.

ālola—gently swaying; candraka—a moon-shaped locket or ornament; lasat—shining, resplendent; vanamālya—whose garland of forest flowers; vaṁśī—holding a flute; ratna-aṅgadam—wearing jeweled armlets; praṇaya-keli-kalā-vilāsam—who revels in the art of loving play; śyāmam—dark-hued; tri-bhaṅga-lalitam—graceful in a posture bent in three places; niyata-prakāśam—eternally manifest; govindam—Govinda; ādi-puruṣam—the primeval Lord; tam—Him; aham—I; bhajāmi—worship.

Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā

Śrī Jīva Gosvāmī

Regarding the words beginning with ālola: Praṇaya-keli-kalā-vilāsam refers to Him whose joyful pastimes consist of the artistic skill displayed in playful jesting born of love. The Amara-kośa thesaurus gives drava, keli, and parihāsa as synonymous terms for “sportive jesting.”

Brahma-saṁhitā-prakāśinī

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
Verse 31

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose neck is adorned by a garland of forest flowers and beautified by a swinging moon-locket, who carries a flute and wears jeweled armlets, who is always engaged in loving playful pastimes, and who is eternally manifest as Śyāmasundara in His graceful threefold-bending form.

In the verse beginning cintāmaṇi-prakara, the spiritual abode (cinmaya-dhāma) and spiritual names such as Govinda (cinmaya-nāma) were described. In the verse beginning veṇuṁ kvaṇantam, the eternal spiritual form (cinmaya-nitya-rūpa) was described. In the present verse, the playful pastimes (keli-vilāsa), which manifest the sixty-four qualities of that spiritual form, are described. All spiritual activities possible within mādhurya-rasa, the mellow of conjugal sweetness, are contained within this praṇaya-keli-vilāsa, joyful loving play.