Brahma Vaivarta Purana
Stealing the Gopis' Garments
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
81.. . . O Kåñëapriyä, O Madhumati, O Campa, O Candananandiné, all of you rise up together, tie up our beloved, and bring Him to Me. 82.On Rädhä's order the naked gopis, covering their pubic area with their hands, angrily rose from the water. 83.Then, their eyes red with anger, many thousands of other gopis also rose from the water. 84.All the girls chased Çridämä, who fled with the garments. 85.Çridämä ran to the place where the gopas were protecting the garments, and the powerful gopis quickly followed. 86.The gopis surrounded the gopas that took the garments. Then the gopas fled in fear to were Kåñëa was holding some of the garments. 87.The gopis at once surrounded Kåñëa and the boys. The frightened gopas gave the gopis' garments to Kåñëa. 88.Then Kåñëa placed the garments on the branches and sub- branches of a tree. Covered with a great variety of garments, that kadamba tree looked glorious. 89.After placing every garment on the tree's branches, Lord Kåñëa joked with the gopis. 90.Çri Kåñëa said: O naked gopis, what will you do now? Fold your hands and beg for your garments.
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