Ratnabhavah
The group of sakhis (named Ratnabhava) mentioned in the Sammohana Tantra has not been neglected in this literary work; they are all counted among the eternal sakhis.
The family of the King and Queen of Vrindavana, Radha and Krishna, is unlimited, so counting can only give the reader an idea of their actual number.
There are innumerable gopis who prepare beds, cooked food preparations, rasala[1] and tambula[2] and who swing the swing, apply tilakas and perform many other similar services, but whose names have not been mentioned in this literary work. Pure devotees expert in relishing rasa will themselves find the names of various other associates of Radha and Krishna from many other scriptures. These associates are worthy of meditating upon.
When darkness pervades, the faculty of seeing forms and other objects gets ineffective, but when the moon or the sun arises, one’s ability to see things is resumed. From one point of view, the darkness-like influence of time has similarly caused the names, forms and other aspects of Sri Radha’s and Sri Krishna’s associates to become unmanifest, but these features, which are like a grand festival for the eyes, have now manifested again in the form of words, caused by the effulgent light of the Supreme Lord’s mercy.
In the year 1472 of the Saka era (1550 A.D.) on Sunday, the sixth day of the month of Sravana[3], at Nandagrama, the home of the king of Vraja, this book, the Radha-Krsna-Ganoddesa-dipika was completed.
Thus ends the first chapter of Sri Radha-Krishna-Ganoddesa-dipika
[1] Curd mixed with sugar and spices
[2] Betel nut
[3] Sravana is the rainy season
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