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 black and white gopis are singing songs and all the slim and heavy gopis are wishing for Krishna as their husband
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
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 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.
They apply saffron, akshat and sandal on the forehead of the god of love, then showering flowers, they fan him affectionately
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! 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 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 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 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.
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 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
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.