Brahma Vaivarta Purana
Stealing the Gopis' Garments
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
191.-192.Do You remember the master of Goloka? Goloka? beautiful Govardhana Hill? the beautiful räsa-dance circle? beautiful Våndävana forest? the rake, learned in the käma-çästra, that stole the gopis' hearts? 193.You are manifest from half of Lord Kåñëa's body. You are Kåñëa's equal in power and glory. The demigoddesses are parts of Your parts. How can You be an human being? 194.You are the greatest goddess. Pretending, by Lord Kåñëa's order, to be an ordinary gopi, You have come to the earth. O saintly, peaceful one, how can You be a human being? 195.On the pretext of Çridämä's curse You have come here to remove the earth's burden. How can You be a human being? 196.Although You are Kalävati's daughter, You were not born from a mother's womb. You are supremely pure. You do not experience birth, death, or old age. How can You be a human being? 197.You are Kåñëa's life. Kåñëa is Your property. The Vedas say You and He are not different. How can You be a human being? 198.Even after sixty-thousand years of austerities, the demigod Brahmä still could not see Your lotus feet. How can You be a human being? 199.By your mercy the great manu-vaàça king Suyajïa went to Goloka. How can You be a human being? 200.Chanting the mantras of Your kavaca, Paraçuräma made the earth kingless twenty-one times. How can You be a human being?
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