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Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: During the first month of the winter season, the young unmarried girls of Gokula observed the vow …

My dear King, after they had bathed in the water of the Yamunā just as the sun was rising, the …

Each of the young unmarried girls performed her worship while chanting the following mantra. “O goddess Kātyāyanī, O great potency …

Thus for an entire month the girls carried out their vow and properly worshiped the goddess Bhadrakālī, fully absorbing their …

Each day they rose at dawn. Calling out to one another by name, they all held hands and loudly sang …

One day they came to the riverbank and, putting aside their clothing as they had done before, happily played in …

Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and master of all masters of mystic yoga, was aware of what the …

Taking the girls’ garments, He quickly climbed to the top of a kadamba tree. Then, as He laughed loudly and …

[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] My dear girls, you may each come here as you wish and take back your garments. I’m …

I have never before spoken a lie, and these boys know it. Therefore, O slender-waisted girls, please come forward, either …

Seeing how Kṛṣṇa was joking with them, the gopīs became fully immersed in love for Him, and as they glanced …

As Śrī Govinda spoke to the gopīs in this way, His joking words completely captivated their minds. Submerged up to …

[The gopīs said:] Dear Kṛṣṇa, don’t be unfair! We know that You are the respectable son of Nanda and that …

O Śyāmasundara, we are Your maidservants and must do whatever You say. But give us back our clothing. You know …

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: If you girls are actually My maidservants, and if you will really do what …

Then, shivering from the painful cold, all the young girls rose up out of the water, covering their pubic area …

When the Supreme Lord saw how the gopīs were struck with embarrassment, He was satisfied by their pure loving affection. …

[Lord Kṛṣṇa said:] You girls bathed naked while executing your vow, and that is certainly an offense against the demigods. …

Thus the young girls of Vṛndāvana, considering what Lord Acyuta had told them, accepted that they had suffered a falldown …

Seeing them bow down like that, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Devakī, gave them back their garments, …