One His hips, He wears yellow cloth because that is the complexion of His beloved. On top, He wears a brilliant red cloth which indicates His attraction for His beloved. That cloth indicates His attraction which is like His attachment to the gold color of His beloved (priyāyāḥ priyam varṇam iva raga-yuktam).

Itthaṁ vastraṁ dadhānaḥ (dressed with cloth of this color) refers to the previously mentioned lower and upper cloth. Another version of the verse has kanaka-nivaha-śobhā-nindi-vastraṁ nitambe, paridadhad upariṣṭān navya-vāhlīka-valgu-tanu-rucim anurāgenānvitāṁ vā priyāyāḥ: Mukunda, who wears on His hips a cloth deriding the glory of a heap of gold, and on the upper body cloth attractively glowing with the delicate beauty of saffron, as if colored with love for Rādhā.