Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 15:31-40

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Sri Radha-Krsna-vivaha

The Wedding of Sri Radha-Krsna

Chapter 15: Verse 31-40

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 31.Hearing Radha’s words, Nanda said to Her: Please give me devotion to the feet of Lord Krsna and Yourself. I do not desire anything but that. 32.O supreme goddess, O mother of the universes, please grant the rare boon that Yasoda and I will always stay near You and Krsna. 33.Hearing Nanda’s words, Goddess Radha said to him: I will give to you devotional service that has no equal. 34.Day and night You and Yasoda will always remember Lord Krsna and Me in the blossoming flower of your hearts. This memory of Us is very difficult to attain. 35.I give you the blessing that the illusory potency will not cover You and Yasoda. At the end, leaving your human forms behind, you two will go to Goloka. 36.After speaking these words, She held infant Krsna to Her breast, to Her heart’s content embracing Him for a long time with both arms. 37.Holding Him to Her breast, embracing and kissing Him again and again, and hairs of Her body erect, She remembered the circle of the rasa dance. 38.Then Radha suddenly saw a jewel palace with a hundred jewel domes... 39. ...opulent with many wonders, beautiful with wonderful gardens, splendid with ruby pillars,... 40. ...fragrant with sandal, aguru, musk, and kunkuma, decorated with jasmine flowers, furnished with many flower couches,...