The Sakhis Belonging to the Second Division, the Mandala
The prema of the sakhis belonging to the second division[1] is somewhat inferior to the love of the sakhis of the first division (samaja).
The sakhis in the mandala are divided into two groups according to their prema:
sama (equal) and
asama (unequal).
The priya-sakhis are in the category of sama-prema (equal love). They are further divided into two groups:
the eternally perfected (nitya-siddha) and
those who have attained perfection by the practice of devotion (bhakti-siddha).
The eternally perfected priya-sakhis are divided into a hundred million ganas and eighteen hundred thousand samavayas.
The previously described eight parama-prestha sakhis each have eight sakhis serving under their guidance. They also are divided into many kinds of groups (sancaya). In some of these groups there are five thousand gopis and in some of them there are six thousand gopis.
Some of the groups include four or five thousand gopis, and some include three or four thousand gopis. In some cases these sancayas share an almost equal nature.
Although there are many samajas in the category of a sancaya, these samajas are of one nature. The samajas are in some cases divided into sixteen divisions according to the affection (sneha) their members experience.
Some samajas are divided into twenty, some into twenty-five, some into thirty, some into forty and some into fifty divisions.
Some samajas are divided into sixty divisions and some into sixty-four divisions. Now the samaja which is divided into sixty-four divisions is described in detail.
In some of these sixty-four divisions there are two sakhis, in some of them there are two or three, and in some of them there are four sakhis. These samajas are also called samanvayas, because they are very similar.
[1] Dvitiya-mandalam
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