VMA 2.39 :: May Radha's sakhis be ever venerated
śrī-vṛndā-kānane'tyadbhuta-kusuma-lasad-ratna-vallī-nikuñja- prāsāde puṣpa-candrātapa-caya-rucire puṣpa-palyaṅka-talpe | rādhā-kṛṣṇau vicitrau smara-samara-kalā-khelinau vīkṣya vīkṣyā- nandād vihvālitaṁ saṁluṭhad avani-tale vandyatām āli-vṛndam || In the Vrindavan forest in a palatial grove filled with most wondrous blossoms, where, upon a bed of petals, under garlanded awnings and and glistening vines , Sri Sri Radha and Krishna are engaged in a wonderfully playful amorous battle, Watching over and over, Radha's sakhis are overcome and roll about on the ground in bliss! May they be ever venerated! As we have seen, the VMA has four principal subjects the supreme subject and object of divine love, Radha and Krishna. The other two are the sakhī s and the dham itself. Together they form the single tattva . So far, we have gone into some detail about sakhī-bhāva or mañjarī-bhāva , which distinction Prabodhananda does not make, in the fo...