Catching the arms of one another, they sing the songs in Bilawal Raga and relate the story of Krishna
The god of love is increasing its hold on their limbs and seeing all of them even modesty is feeling shy.240.
All the gopis, white and black, sing bilawal (in raga) songs together.
All the black and white gopis are singing songs and all the slim and heavy gopis are wishing for Krishna as their husband
Shyam Kavi says, the art of the moon has been lost by seeing his face.
Seeing their faces, the supernatural powers of the moon seem to have lost their brightness and taking their bath in Yamuna, they appear like a splendid garden in the house.241.
All the gopis are bathing fearlessly
They are singing songs of Krishna and playing the tunes and they are all gathered in a group
They are all saying that such comfort is even not in the palaces of Indra
The poet says that they all look splendid like a tank full of lotus flowers.242.
Speech of gopis addressed to the goddess:
SWAYYA
Patting her with clay in her hand, she says that it is a goddess.
Taking clay in their hands and installing the image of the goddess and bowing their heads at her feet, all of them are saying,
(O Durga!) We worship you by giving us what is in our hearts.
“O goddess! we worship you for bestowing the boon according t our heart’s desire, so that our husband be of the moonlike face of Krishna.243.
On the forehead (of the idol of Durga) saffron and rice are applied and white sandalwood is (rubbed).
They apply saffron, akshat and sandal on the forehead of the god of love, then showering flowers, they fan him affectionately
Cloth, incense, cauldron, dachna and paan (by making offerings etc.) appear with full tea of Chit.
They are offering garments, incense, Panchamrit, religious gifts and circumambulation and they, making effort to wed Krishna, say that there may be some friend, who may fulfill the wish of our mind.244.
Speech of gopis addressed to the goddess:
KABIT
(O Goddess!) You are such a powerful one who kills the demons, rescues the fallen, solves the calamities.
“O goddess! Thou art the power, who destroys the demons, ferries across the sinners from this world and removes the sufferings, thou are the redeemer of the Vedas, Giver of the kingdom to Indra the shining light of Gauri
“There is no other light like Thee on the earth and in the sky
Thou art in the sun, moon, stars, Indra and Shiva etc. glowing as light in all.”245.
All the gopis join their hands and plead (saying) O Chandika! Hear our request.
All the gopis are praying with folded hands, “O Chandi! Listen to our prayer, because you have redeemed also the gods, ferried across millions of sinners and destroyed Chand, Mund, Sumbh and Nisumbh
“O mother! Bestow on us the boon asked for
We are worshipping you and Shaligram, the son of Gandak river, because you had been pleased to accept his saying therefore bestow on us the boon.”246.
Speech of the goddess addressed to the gopis:
SWAYYA
“Your husband will be Krishna.” Saying thus, Durga bestowed boon on them
Hearing these words, all of them got up and bowed before the goddess millions of times
The great success of the image of that time was thus considered by the poet in his mind.
The poet has considered in his mind this spectacle in this way that they all have been dyed in the love of Krishna and absorbed in him.247.
All the gopis falling at the feet of the goddess began to eulogise her in various ways
“O the mother of the world! You are the remover of the suffering of all the world, you are the mother of ganas and gandharvas,”
The simile of that extreme beauty has been narrated by the poet by saying it like this
The poet says that on realizing Krishna as their husband, the faces of all the gopis were filled with happiness and shyness and became red.248.
After receiving the boon, all the gopis came home very happy in their hearts.
The gopis returned to their homes, being pleased, on receiving the desired boon and began to congratulate one another and exhibited their joy by singing songs
They all stand in a row; His simile has been described by the poet like this:
They are standing in a queue in this way as if the blossoming lotus-buds are standing in the tank and viewing the moon.249.
Early in the morning all the gopis went towards yamuna
They were singing songs and seeing them in bliss, ‘the bliss’ also seemed to be in anger
At the same time Krishna also went there and went and drank water from the Jamna. (Everyone became silent when Krishna came)
Then Krishna also went towards Yamuna and seeing the gopis, he said to them, “Why do you not speak? And why are you keeping silent?”250.