Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 13:91-100

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Sri Krsnanna-prasana-nama-karana-prastava

Sri Krsna’s Anna-prasana and Nama-karana

Chapter 13: Verse 91-100

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 91.Sri Garga said: O Nanda, please listen and I will tell you a story I heard from Lord Siva’s mouth, an account of activities that happened very long ago in the realm of Goloka. 92.Sridama and Radha quarrelled. From that quarrel Sridama was cursed to become a demon and Radha was cursed to become a gopi in Gokula. 93.She became the daughter of Vrsabhanu and Kalavati. Originally manifested from half of Lord Krsna’s body, She is like Her master. 94.She is the first goddess, the root of all nature, She stays always in Goloka, but by Lord Krsna’s order She has come, without entering a mother’s womb, to this world. 95.Radha created Her mother’s false pregnancy, filling her womb with air. At the appropriate time, presenting the illusion that She was born in the usual way, She appeared as an infant girl. 96.In this way, by Lord Krsna’s order, Radha appeared on the earth and grew up, like a waxing moon, in the land of Vraja. 97.Her form is half of Lord Krsna’s splendour. She and Krsna are one form appearing as two. The Vedas never say They are different from each other. 98.-99.He is Her husband. She is His wife. He is Her lover. She is His beloved. Their two forms are equal in splendour, beauty, virtue, power, intelligence, wisdom and opulence. Because She came to this earth first, She is a little older than He. He always thinks of Her and She always thinks of Him, Her beloved. 100.She is made of His life breath. He is the form of Her life breath. To please Her, He came to Gokula.