Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 27:161-170

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Çri Gopikä-vastra-haraëa

Stealing the Gopis' Garments

Chapter 27: Verse 161-170

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 161.Accept this girl as your daughter. She is Goddess Lakñmi. She was born without entering a mother's womb. Lord Näräyaëa will be your son-in-law. 162.Hearing the divine voice, saintly King Janaka accepted the girl as his daughter and happily placed her in his wife's care. 163.When the saintly girl grew to a marriageable age she attained, by the power of this vow, King Daçaratha's son Räma, who is the master of the three worlds, as her husband. 164.-165.Vaçiñöha Muni first revealed this vow on the earth. Rädhä and the gopis devotedly followed this vow, and by its power they attained Lord Kåñëa as their husband more dear than life. O brähmaëa, thus I have told the story of the Gauri-vrata vow. 166.A girl who follows this vow on Bhärata-varña attains a husband like Lord Kåñëa Himself. Of this there is no doubt. 167.Çri Näräyaëa Åñi said: For one month the gopis followed this vow. Every day they recited the prayer we told before. 168.On the last day of the vow the gopis recited the Kaìa-çäkha prayer before the goddess. 169.By reciting this prayer saintly Sitä quickly attained lotus- eyed Lord Räma as her husband. 170.Çri Sitä said: O Pärvati, O eternal companion of Lord Çiva, O form of all potencies, O resting place of all, O shelter of virtues, please give me a noble husband. I offer my respectful obeisances to you.