Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 4:181-191

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Goloka-varnana

Description of Goloka

Chapter 4: Verse 181-191

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 181.O Narada, going a little further, they saw the asramas of Radha’s friends, and then the homes of Her dearest friends,... 182. ...who in beauty, virtues, dress, appearance, youthful spirit, good fortune, and age were just like Her. 183.Now please hear the names of Sri Radha’s thirty-three gopi friends, who are beyond description. 184.They are Susila, Sasikala, Yamuna, Madhavi, Rati, Kadambamala, Kunti, Jahnavi, Svayamprabha,... 185. ...Candramukhi, Padmamukhi, Savitri, Sudhamukhi, Subha, Padma, Parijata, Gauri, Sarvamangala,... 186. ...Kalika, Kamala, Durga, Bharati, Sarasvati, Gangambika, Madhumati, Campaparna, Sundari,... 187. ...Krsnapriya, Sati, Nandani, and Nandana, their forms were like Sri Radha’s. Their asramas were made of jewels,... 188. ...decorated with many wonders, beautiful, splendid with many domes of priceless jewels,... 189. ...splendid, and made with the best of jewels. This world is beyond the material world. There is no world higher than this. 190.Above this there is nothing. What exists culminates in this world. In the same way, there is nothing below the seven realms of Rasatala. 191.Below them is only impassable and invisible water and darkness. Now you have heard from me all about the boundaries of the universe and what lies beyond the universe.