124 - Prayer of Radha by Ganesha, Brahma,  Shiva and Ananta

Narayana said- The chaste Radha adored Ganesha appropriately and offering prayer to him, presented to him the gem-studded ornaments for all the limbs. On hearing the prayer of Radha and finding her adoration and the articles given by her in charity, Ganesha spoke to Radha who happened to be the mother of the universe and having the peaceful nature.

Ganesha said- O mother of the universe, the adoration provided by you, is educative for others. O auspicious one, you are the form of Brahman and reside always in the heart of Krishna; he is the one whose lotus-like feet are meditated upon by Brahma, Shiva, Sesha and other gods, Sanaka and sages, Kapila and others, devotees and siddhas, you happen to be the beloved of the same Krishna. Sri Krishna happens to be Madhava from the right side and Radha emerged from his left side. Lakshmi the mother of the universe appeared from his left side.

You happen to be. the mother of Vasus, Parameshvari, Mulaprakruti and the mother of the Vedas. O mother, all the humans of the universe represent your form, the entire universe represents the deeds and you happen to be the cause of the same.

When Brahma falls at the time of the dissolution of the universe, a moment of Vishnu is counted. The one who recites the name of Radha and then of Krishna he surely goes to the Goloka if the order is reversed, one earns the sin of Brahmahatya.

You are the mother of the universe and Hari happens to be the father but the one who is beyond everything is more adorable than the parents. Such of the people who in the land of Bharata recite the name of Krishna only and denounce Radha, their race gets destroyed and have to suffer mental agony for long. They are then fallen in the terrific hell and have to remain there till the sun and the moon.

The one who bestows the knowledge is known as the teacher besides the mantras and the tantras. The same mantras and tantras represent your devotion. By reciting the mantras of the gods, the people achieved the extremely inaccessible devotion of goddess Durga.

By reciting the mantra of Shiva who is the cause of the universe, one achieves the inaccessible lotus-like feet of the lord.

By achieving the inaccessible lotus-like feet of the lord, the virtuous person never disowns them even for the fraction of a moment in future.

In the sacred land of Bharata, such of the Vaishnava person who recites your mantra with devotion or received the kavacha which shatter the base of the deeds and recites it with great devotion, he redeems with himself, thousands of his generations.

Such of the persons who adore her daily appropriately and wears the kavacha offering the costumes, ornaments, sandal-paste to the teacher, he surely becomes equal to Vishnu.

O mother whatever has been given by you to me, make them purposeful. Presently for my pleasure you distribute all these things to the Brahmana. Only then I shall take my food. The things which are fit for giving away in charity besides the dakshina should be given to the Brahmanas which best-owed the merit beyond measure.

O Radha, the mouth of the Brahmanas, is equal to the mouth of God. Therefore, whatever is eaten by the Brahmanas, it surely reaches the gods.

O sage, thereafter all those articles were distributed by Radha to the Brahmanas which pleased the Ganesha immensely.

In the meantime, Brahma, Shiva, Sesha and other gods also arrived under the banyan tree for performing adoration.

At that point of time a messenger of Shiva whose throat has been dried up spoke to the gods, goddess and Sri Krishna.

The messenger said- Radha the daughter of Vrushabhana reciting Svastivachana adored Ganesha first of all.

The valorous Radha is accompanied by three crores of cowherdesses. The strong cowherdesses had driven me out. I also advise all of you to adore Ganesha first of all, because he bestows the merit beyond measure. In case the adoration is performed in the middle, one gets the medium type of merit and when his adoration is performed last of all, one gets very little merit.

Radha adored Ganesha in the presence of the gods, the sages and the goddesses.

On hearing the words of the messenger all the men, the sages, Manu, kings, gods and goddesses started laughing.

Rukmini and other damsels beside the goddess however, felt surprised at the same time Sarasvati, Savitri, Parvati, the great goddess, Sati, Rohini, Sanjna, Svaha and other goddesses delightfully arrived here. All the chaste wives of the sages also arrived the. The ascetics. Manu, all the gods, the humans, also arrived there together with Krishna.

All of them performed the adoration in the auspicious time. All the strong as well as the weak people adored separately.

A hundred crores of heaps of the sweet’s balls were heaped up, the number such heaps were half of those comprising of the balls of sugar and svastikas.

There were hundred crores of heaps of the cereals and other delicious items. The delicious and sweet fruits were available in large number.

The adoration could be performed with honey, milk, curd and ghee which were flowing in hundreds of canals and could be used for performing puja in all the three worlds.

After performing puja, all of them took their seats. Thereafter Parvati getting filled with affection went to Radha.

Finding Parvati with her, Radha got up at once and started tailing to her in a sweet manner. Both of them embraced each other, kissing each other at the same time, thereafter, Parvati embracing Radha spoke to her the sweet words.

Parvati said- O Radha, you are the abode of welfare and as such what should I ask you. Getting freed from the curse of Sridama, the agony of your flames of separation has been subsided.

I had always been thinking about you, similarly, your mind also remains devoted to me. Therefore, there is no difference between the two of us. In the same way as there is no difference between Purusha shakti.

Such of my devotees who denounce you and your devotees denounce me, all of them fall into the Kumbhipaka hell where they have to remain till the life of the sun and the moon.

Such of the degraded people who consider Radha and Madhava to be different, their race is uprooted and they fall into the hell remaining there for a long time.

Thereafter they have to be born as pigs for hundred generations spreading over sixty thousand years and are then born as the inserts of the refuse.

It is you who have adored my son Ganesha and not myself. He is adorable by all at all the times. As he is to you, he is same to me.

O goddess, there would be no separation between Radha and Madhava throughout the life in the same way as the whiteness cannot be separated from the milk. In the sacred land of Bharata by adoring lord Ganesha who is the remover of the obstruction, you would surely achieve Sri Krishna.

You are the goddess of the divine dance and Krishna happens to be the lord. It is always auspicious to have the union of a clever damsel with a clever person.

O chaste lady after the lapse of hundred years of separation, due to the curse of Sridama, you have achieved salutation. You enjoy the company of Sri Krishna today with my blessing.

O beautiful one, with my unprecendeted command you clad yourself in beautiful garments, like a damsel who always unites with a noble person.

At the command of Parvati, the female friends of Radha started decorating her beautifully. They made Radha to sit on the beautiful lion-throne.

A garland of gem was placed around her neck; she was made the hold a beautiful lotus flower in her eight hands.

Then the beautiful cowherdesses applied red paint on the feet of Radha; the cowherdesses named Sundari applied vermilion over her head.

The sandal-paste on the place of parting here was brightened, the chaste Malati made the beautiful hair-do, which was adorned with the garland of jasmine flowers. Her breasts were adorned with the sandal-paste as well as kasthuri which could attract the mind of even the sages, Malavati on the other hand offered her a garland of white and fragrant campaka flower. A cowherdesses who was well-versed in the love-sports adorned the body of Radha with the gem-studded ornaments and made Radha more passionate, who was already filled with passion. The chaste Lalita applied the collyrium in the eyes of Radha which were like the lotus petals of the winter season; besides beautiful garment and she was made to hold Parijata flower given by Indra. The chaste cowherdesses Sushila made Radha understand the method of serving the beverages to Krishna. Kalavati the mother of Radha remembered all the sixteen arts of the ladies which had been forgotten due to the evil times. Sudhamukhi, her sister, attracted her attention to the performing of the love-sports, Kamala on the other hand arranged the bed for the union with the jasmine flowers and the lotus leaves plastered with sandle-pate. The chaste Champavati holding the beautiful Champaka flowers soaking them with the sandal-paste, kept them in the tree leaves for the use of Krishna. Thereafter, in order to please Krishna, the flowers of banana trees, the bunch of flowers of kadamba tree and the garlands were prepared. The beloved of Krishna, made for the use of Krishna, the fragrant and charming betel besides the fragrant water. At the same time the gods and the sages witnessed that the entire ashrama was filled with the fragrance of gorocana. All of them were surprised and spoke to Krishna. Thereafter lord Krishna who knew about everything to them.

Sri Krishna said- The glory of Radha had faded because of the mental agony of the separation; she had lost all the knowledge.

She has regained the knowledge after the lapse of hundred years because of the lustre of Radha, Siddhashrama had become yellowish, her lustre provides pleasure like the crores of moons of soothing effect to the eyes.

On hearing this, the sages, the ascetics, the goddesses beside the gods like Brahma and Shiva were surprised.

They arrived there rapidly and bowed before the same in reverence; thereafter all the people of the three worlds had an audience with Radhika.

The lustre of her body resembled the white champaka flower which was quite pleasing and charming and could attract the minds of the sages. She had beautiful hair, her body was beautiful and she appeared like a damsel of sixteen years, having hard breasts, the developed pelvic region, slander waist and developed nipples. Her face could put to shame crores of the moons. She always remained smiling and had the beautiful teeth. Her eyes resembled the lotus flower of the winter season. She was the form of Mahalakshmi, the form of seed, primeval, eternal and the form of eternal Brahman, besides being the goddess of the life of lord Krishna. She is the one who is adored for achieving the supreme soul; she is beyond everything, the form of Brahman, uninvolved, everlasting devoid of qualities, Prakruti, the one who bestows grace on her devotees, the form of truth, spotless, auspicious, purifier of the down-trodden, the one who sanctifies even the auspicious holy places, possessing the divine glory, the creative instinct of Brahma, the beloved of lord, the great goddess, the mother of Mahavishnu the goddess of the divine dance, adorable, passionate, goddess of the divine dance, clad in the garment sanctified by fire, the one who moves at her own will, the abode of welfare, the one who is served by the seven cowherdesses moving white fly-whisks over her, the one who is adored by the four female friends at her feet, the one who is adorned with the gem-studded ornaments, the one whose temples are shining with the ear ornament worn by her, the one who wears an elephant gem in her nose which keeps on hanging, the one who had the nose like the curved beak of Garuda, the one whose body is plastered with saffron, kasturi end sandal-paste, the one who is quite passionate and walks like the elephant, she is quite attractive having a beautiful nose, to becomes victorious with the god of love she is always passionate and the best, she is the one having a blossomed flower in her hand, she is the one holding Parijata flower and the gem-studded mirror in her hand, she is the one who is seated on the lion-throne Studded with various types of gems, she is the one who always adored the lotus-like feet of Krishna; adored by padma which are the form of welfare and those lotus-like feet are always placed by her in her heart, she is immensely emotional a spotless devotee, a chaste woman, a graceful one, quite proud, having fair-complexion, the one who always resides in the heart of Krishna, the one who is dearer to Krishna than all his beloved, the one who is sweet-spoken, the one who emerged from the left side of Krishna, the one who is unprecedented in the qualities and the beauty. The one who resides in Goloka, the one who is the goddess of all the goddesses, the supreme goddess, the mistress of the cowherdesses, quite secretive, the one who provides all the success is the form of success could be achieved by deep devotion, the one who is difficult to be achieved the one who is adored by her devotees and the one who appeared in the land of Bharata as the daughter of Vrushabhana. I adore such a type of Radha.

If a person performing meditation adores Radha, he is freed from the cycle of birth and death in this world and then become attendant of Krishna after death. Thereafter Brahma the creator of the universes started eulogising Radha, who happens to be the mother of several Brahmas.

Brahma said- O great goddess, my mind gets devoted at your lotus-like feet. Therefore, with the inspiration, I adored you for sixty thousand divine years in the land of Bharata at Pushkara-kshetra. But still, I could not have a look at your lotus-like feet. So much so that I could not have a look at them even in dream. At that point of time a divine voice was heard from the sky, "In the Varaha-kalpa, in the sacred land of Bharata, in Siddhashrama you will see the lotus-like feet of Ganesha".

How can you have the devotion of Radha Madhava being involved in various types of worldly pleasures. O virtuous one, you detach yourself from everything; it is difficult to be achieves by all.

On hearing this, I felt unconcerned getting disappointed with my tapas but the fruit of my tapas has been well rewarded today.

Mahadeva said- The one whose lotus-like feet which are adored by Lakshmi are difficult to be achieved. The gods like Brahma, the sages, Manus, siddhas, the noble people, yogis always adore him. But still, they are unable to achieve her who resides in his heart.

Ananta said- You are the one who performed the best of the vrata, are the mother of the Vedas and Puranas. Myself, Sarasvati and the sages are unable to recite your prayer.

By reciting the prayers by us lord Hari starts frowning but he gets frightened with your denouncement. This is the difference between the two.

Thus, all the gods, the goddesses, Manu and all other people who had arrived here, offered prayer to her with reverence.

Realising this the face of all the damsels including Rukmini fell in shame; they took deep sighs, fading even mirrors.

O Narada, Satyabhama who was without food and was slander waisted, discarded her pride like a dead person.