Brahma Vaivarta Mahā Purana - Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa

127 - Conjugal pleasure of Radha and Krishna

Narayana said- On hearing the words of Krishna, Radha was extremely delighted. Thereafter all the cowherdesses offering their salutation to Radha and Krishna went back to their respective abodes.

Thereafter, the chaste Radha having the side-glance smilingly decorated her body in sixteen types.

Thereafter in seclusion, she offered the sandal-paste and garland then dragged Radha towards himself and placing her on the chest, he kissed her over her various limbs of the body.

Radha also repeated similarly and embracing his beloved dragged him on the body.

Thereafter, both of them started enjoying conjugal pleasure described in the treatises of love.

All the limbs of the body of Radha were injured after which Radha was over-powered with sleep. After enjoying all the pleasures, she was fainted. She was just breathing and her eyes were closed.

Radha kept on sleeping and in the early morning Radha who was well-versed in the love-sport, having tender limbs, was lying on the chaste of her beloved. Her all the limbs issued heat like the heat of the winter season or the coolness of the summer season, making the love sport enjoyable. She was having solid breasts which were leaning little because of their excessive weight the one who provided pleasure at the time of conjugal sports, quite clever, passionate and the best. She was awakened with the sweet note of the cuckoo.

She felt afraid with the hearing of the sound of the voice of cuckoos. Thereafter holding the lord in both her arms she said.

Radhika said- O virtuous one, let us move on to the auspicious Vrundavana; I shall spend time with you enjoying the water sport as well as the physical union on the land.

Thereafter I shall go to the Malaya Mountain and visit the beautiful places there which are situated in lonely place. Those places I have not visited since my birth and shall now visit them with you. This is my desire. Thus, talking the auspicious night passed. He lovingly spoke to her in the morning.

Thereafter Radha having the eyes resembling the lotus flowers of the winter season, performing all the essential jobs mounted the chariot with the cowherdesses and Krishna.

The chariot was a yojana in length and width and had a hundred crores of chambers studded with gems and other precious ones. It moved with the speed of wind and had arrived from Goloka having thousands of wheels and the horses. It was decorated with the crores of gem-studded pillars and the small fringes. The gems, sapphire, emeralds and other precious stones studded in the pillar looked quite charming. It contained several types of paintings, white fly-whisks, the mirrors and the divines’ clothes besides several garlands, it had innumerable beds made of gems and decorated with flowers and sandal-paste. It had lakhs of cowherdesses having the similar type of bodies and costumes.

Mounted on the chariot, the lord once again went to Vrundavana; he enjoyed the water sport in the river as well as the love-sport on the earth during the night.

Thereafter, fully decorating themselves he took Radha and went round the place showing her everything new.

Thereafter he took round Radha to Vispandaka, Surasana, Mahendra, Nandanavana and the peaks of Sumeru mountain, the charming Gandhamadana mountain, beautiful hills, caves in the forest, extremely secret flower orchard, the waters of the rivers and rivulets, the sea-shore, the forest of Parijata flowers, the pools of Subhadra, Pusphabhadra and Narayana, the abode of wind god, the Malaya mountain which is the abode of the gods, Chitrakuta, Bhadrakuta, Panchakuta and Sukuta on the golden land of the gods, on the islands in the oceans the heaven, the beautiful Chandrasarovar and the ashramas of the sages. He enjoyed the company of Radha

Then he immediately returned, to the auspicious Jambudvipa and reached Dvaraka. He also showed her the Raivataka mountain.

He then reached the place of Gokula in which the cows and the cowherds always dwelt. They visited Bhandiravana and the auspicious Vrundavana.

Learning about the arrival of Krishna, Nanda, Yashoda and old cowherds and cowherdesses were delighted and their eyes were filled with the tears of joy.

Thereafter they placing the huge elephant, where the dancers and the damsels whose sons and husband were alive, ahead welcomed Sri Krishna as the gods welcome the god of fire. Then Madhava finding Nanda and his mother, arrived there in the form of BalaKrishna and Radha.

Thereafter Madhusudana smilingly sat in the lap of his mother; both Yashoda and Nanda started kissing the face of Krishna.

And they embraced him tightly They were overwhelmed with joy and the tears of love started flowing from their eyes. In the meantime, lord Krishna busied himself in sucking the breast of Yashoda.

At that point of time all the people looked at Krishna in same form in which he had gone to Mathura. He was holding a flute in his hand and was adorned with the gem-studded ornaments; he appeared of the age of eleven years and was clad in yellow lower garment and the locks of hair were decorated with the feather of peacock and the garland of jasmine flowers.

Thereafter, Yashoda took Radha and Madhava in the palace, where she performed all the welfare ceremonies and served food to the Brahmanas, the cowherdesses were also adored in the same way as the people adore the sages. Thereafter delightfully the Brahmanas were given the gems, the precious stones, gold, jewels, emeralds, Gajaratna, Goratna, Ashvaratna, paddy and the land with standing crops, beside the costumes.

Thereafter Radha and Madhava were shown the unprecedented articles. O Narada, the cowherdesses were then served with delicious sweet food. The drums were beaten, the welfare ceremonies were performed and all the gods were delightfully served with delicious food.