Brahma Vaivarta Purana
Stealing the Gopis' Garments
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
41.After thus attaining the Durgä-stotra and Kåñëa-kavaca, Çiva meditated on Lord Kåñëa, took up the brahmästra weapon, and killed the demon Tripura. 42.By reciting this prayer to Goddess Durgä, the gopis attained Lord Kåñëa as their dear husband. 43.The gopis recited this prayer, which gives all auspiciousness, fulfills all desires, and destroys all obstacles. 44.A devotee of Lord Çiva, Lord Viñëu, or Goddess Durgä, who with devotion recites these prayers every day at sunrise, noon, and sunset, becomes free from all dangers and troubles. 45.Whether on trial in the king's court, in a ghostly crematorium, trapped in a blazing fire, in a place where his life is in danger, in the grip of violent beasts, in a boat sinking in the ocean, . . . 46.. . . in the grip of enemies, in a battle, in a prison cell, in a host of calamities, in a guru's curse, in a brähmaëa's curse, in the terrible separation of friends and relatives, . . . . 47.. . . in the loss of position, wealth, or social status, in grief, in separation from a son or daughter, in a wife's separation from her husband, or when one is bitten by a poisonous snake, . . . 48.. . . simply by remembering this prayer one is at once rescued and freed from all fears. By remembering this prayer one attains peerless opulences and the fulfillment of all desires. 49.By Goddess Pärvati's mercy, in this world he attains firm devotion to Lord Kåñëa and unwavering meditation on Lord Kåñëa, and at the end of life he attains direct service to Lord Kåñëa. 50.Çri Näräyaëa Åñi said: Every day for one month the girls of Vraja very devotedly recited this regal prayer to Goddess Pärvati.
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