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Understanding that grief-stricken Radha' had renounced the jealous anger in Her heart, intelligent Tungavidya' spoke to Her the following words.

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"Release your jealous pride, O lovely one, and listen closely to my words, those which, long ago, were given to Kandarpa-sundari when her heart, too, was full of longing."

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"Those names, taught by the Lord himself for the attainment of your companionship, understanding his hints, Vrinda-devi has today, through Sindura, conveyed."

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"Having written them down, he gave them, O sakhi, he, the truest friend of your life, afflicted by separation, endures only by chanting these your names."

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Radha; Mistress of Krishna's forest; the Madhavi-blossom of Mukunda's sweetness; foremost among Govinda's beloveds; Queen of Vrindavana —

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Crest-jewel crowning the whole universe; presiding goddess of the month of Kartika; dear companion of Damodara; Radhika; daughter of Vrsabhanu —

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Knower of the depths of devotion to Bhanu; young daughter of Vrsabhanu; the very life of grandmother Mukhara's line; she who bestows glory upon mother Kirtida —

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Creator of the ocean of love for Krishna; tenderly cherished within Acyuta's family; the life of the whole circle of sakhis; dearer than life itself to Lalita —

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18. Visakha's everything, 19. flooded with the nectar of compassion, 20. the object of Paurnamasi's great love, 21. pleased with Subala, . . .

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22. the queen of Vrndavana's king, 23. She who enjoys pastimes in Vrndavana forest, 24. famous as Visakha's friend, 25. She who is made playful by Lalita's love, . . .

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26. eternally young, 27. She who enjoys transcendental pastimes with Vraja's prince, 28. who expanded to become a gandharvika (Candrakanti, to teach others how to love Lord Govinda, . . .

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Revealer of the great glory of the dance on Prabodhini night; radiant as moonlight in her every movement; purifier of the whole family of Gandharvas —

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32. She whose birth decorates the noble dynasty of King Vrsabhanu, 33. who bathes in the art of graceful dancing, 34. the original cause of the rasa-lila, . . .

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Foremost in bringing forth the festival of the rasa dance; led by Krsna to a secluded place; her braid tied by Govinda's own hands; her locks adorned by Krishna himself —

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She whose lotus eyes are famed throughout the cowherd settlement; greatly delighted by Vrnda-devi's glory; she who satisfied the sage Durvasa with food; Gandharva, celebrated even in the Vedic scriptures —

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43. She who is expert at singing, dancing, and playing musical instruments, 44. who surprised Krsna and Balarama at the Holi Festival, 45. who is the beloved of Sankhacuda's enemy, 46. who is crowning garland of all the gopis, . . .

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Fair and lovely with the golden hue of gorocana; her garment shining like Garuda's plumage; the tip of her beautiful braid gleaming like a many-colored silken whisk —

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The beauty of her face conquers the lotus and the moon, and by it even Mura's conqueror is held captive; her glance astonishes the cakora bird, and her eyes steal away the very heart of Hari —

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52. the snake of whose frowning eyebrows make Lord Krsna, the crusher of Kaliya, tremble, 53. the tip of whose nose is decorated with a great white pearl.

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Her charming lips, red as the bandhuka flower, draw Madhusudana to her; her teeth outshine the whiteness of a mountain peak; she is the beloved of him who lifted the king of mountains —

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57. who is decorated with jewel earrings swinging to and fro on Her cheeks, 58. whose round pomegranate-breasts attract the parrot of Sri Krsna, . . .

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59. whose hips are decorated with tinkling jewelled bells, 60. whose splendid feet eclipse the land-growing lotuses, . . .

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For whose delight, in jest during the slaying of Aristasura, a lake was fashioned; Govinda himself is maddened by her fragrance; she bears the marks of union with Madhava —

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The glory of the bowers along the Yamuna's banks; the ornament of the Bhandira region; ever steadfast in Nandisvara; she who delights in the caves of Govardhana —

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The fish of her mind, though supreme in rasa, is hooked by the fishing-line of his flute; at its sound, distressed, the very knot of her waist-cloth comes loose —

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The darting fish before Mukunda's eyes; the long nectar-lake of his sporting; within the bowers of her own kunda, ever maddened with the exalted rasa of divine love —

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72. the bird of whose peacefulness flies away when the archer Krsna lifts His fearsome eyebrow-bow, 73. who makes infallible Krsna become tossed to and fro in the nectar ocean of love, . . .

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The ocean of amorous passion within her swells like the tide beneath the moon that is the prince of Vraja; her bodice torn away by Krsna, eager for the battle of love —

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76. who, hearing the outrageous jokes of the debauchee Kesava, struck Him with Her toy lotus flower, 77. who is the yellow line on the sapphire chest of Lord Hari, . . .

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For whom Madhava's lap becomes her couch and Krsna's arm her pillow; made shy by the knowing smiles of her sakhis, who guess the particulars of that amorous sport —

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81. who, eager to describe Her intimate pastimes to Her friends, become a poet glorifying Lord Hari, 82. who is expert at making vaijayanti garlands, 83. who is expert at making garlands of forest flowers, . . .

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84. who is another creator Brahma in the art of drawing beautiful pictures in mineral colors, 85. who is the first teacher of all fine arts, 86. who is wonderfully decorated with all artisti skill, . . .

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The rippling river of the nectar of unparalleled good fortune; charming both in innocent shyness and in bold assurance; adorned with the traits of heroines both composed and overwhelmed by passion —

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90. who covers Herself with a black cape, 91. who silences Her ankle-bells, 92. who gazes at the path for the appearance of Lord Madhava in the decorated forest grove, . . .

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In whom intense longing has arisen, her mind despondent in separation; who teasingly reproaches Krsna in the morning, casting jealous sidelong glances at Candravali —

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97. who turned a deaf ear to Krsna's sweet words, 98. who was filled with jealous anger, 99. who, filled with pain and regret, rejected the sweetly-speaking flatterer Krsna, . . .

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100. who longed to see Krsna again, 101. who, afraid of Lalita, continued Her jealous anger, 102. who rejoiced to get Krsna's letter, which removed the pain of His separation, . . .

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103. who is decorated by a lotus-eyed person under the dominion of Her murmered words of love, 104. who, bewildering Krsna with the playful motions of Her eyebrows, stole the flute from His hand, . . .

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The matchless ground of fortune for tasting the incomparable sweetness of Acyuta; who sleeps, worn out from their amorous contest; who steals away all of Hari's sorrow —

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107. who laughed at Krsna when He begged Her for the flute She won in the dice game, 108. who considers the tip of Krsna's toenail many millions of times more dear than Her own life.

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Thus, having drunk in her sakhi's words, Radha, her body thrilling with ecstasy, went, under some pretext, to the bower-abode of Padmanabha.

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Whoever devotedly recites these one hundred and eight names of Radha, known as "the Alms-House of the Nectar of Love," shall taste the very nectar of divine love.