Brahma Vaivarta Purana
Stealing the Gopis' Garments
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
221.. . . sometimes manifest, sometimes unmanifest, imperishable, the source of the Brahman effulgence, eternal, auspiciousness personified, the abode of auspiciousness, auspicious, the giver of auspiciousness. 222.Gazing at that wonderful, handsome form, Rädhä respectfully bowed down. Gazing again, She became enchanted. She was deeply wounded by Käma's arrows. 223.Again and again with smiling crooked eyes She gazed at His lotus face. Again and again She shyly covered Her face. 224.Lord Kåñëa stood before the gopis. With happy face and eyes He gazed at Rädhä. Then He spoke. 225.Çri Kåñëa said: O Rädhä more dear than life, please ask a boon, whatever You wish. O gopis, please ask a boon, whatever you wish. 226.Hearing Lord Kåñëa's words, Rädhä and the gopis became happy. They asked a boon from Lord Kåñëa, the kalpa-druma tree that fulfills all desires. 227.Çri Rädhä said: May the bumblebee of My mind always fly to the lotus flower of Your feet. As a bumblebee drinks honey, may my mind always drink the sweet nectar of devotion to You 228.Birth after birth be the Lord of My life. Please give Me rare devotion for Your lotus feet. 229.Awake and asleep, day and night, may My mind always be plunged in the memory of Your glories. That is the boon I desire. 230.The gopis said: As Rädhä desires so do we. O friend more dear than life, You will be the Lord of our lives day and night. In every birth You will see us.
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