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Krishna. Sridaman is on the west, Sudaman on the north, Vasuda-
man on the east, and Kinkini on the south.
Outwards still more, inside a golden temple, seated upon a
golden seat, adorned with ornaments of gold, there are thousands of
Gopa boys, headed by Stoka Krishna, Ansu Bhadra and others, all
devoutly singing the glory of Sri Krishna.
The whole of this is surrounded by a shining gold wall.
On the west of that wall, within a temple, situated under a
Parijclta tree, is Vasudeva, with his eight wives, Rukmini, Satyabhama,
Jambavati, Ncignajiti, Sulakshana, Mitravinda, Anuvinda and Sunanda.
On the north, under a Harichandana tree, is Sankarshana with
Revati. On the south, under a Santana tree, is Pradyumna with Rati.
On the east, under a Kalpataru, is Aniruddha.
Surrounding all this is a white stone wall, with four gates.
White Vishnu preserves the western gate, Red Vishnu preserves the
northern gate, yellow Vishnu preserves the eastern gate, Black Vishnu
preserves the southern.
CHAP. 41. Rishi Ugra-tapas meditated on Sri Krishna for
one hundred Kalpas. At the end of that period he became a Gopi,
named Sunanda.
Rishi Satya-tapas meditated on Krishna for ten Kalpas, and he
then became a Gopi named Bhadra.
Rishi Hari-dhama became a Gopi, named Raktaven!, at the
end of three Kalpas.
Rishi Javali became Chitra-gandh ?? after ten Kalpas.
Suchi-sravas and Suvarna became the daughters of the Gopa
Suvlra, at the end of one Kalpa.
Jatila, Janghaputa, Ghritasin, and Karbu became Gopis after
three Kalpas.
Suka, son of Dirgha-tapas, Vyasa of the previous Kalpa, be-
came daughter of Upananda.
One son of Svetaketu became the daughter of Balavanf.
Chitra-dhvaja, son of Rajarshi Chandraprabha, became Chitra-
kala, daughter of Gopa Viragupta, at the end of one Kalpa.
Rishi Punya-sravas practised meditation for thirty thousand
Kalpas and he was born as the daughter of Nanda's brother, by name
Labanga.
These are some of the favorite Gopis of Krishna.
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