hari-katha of Bhaktivinode Thakura:

topic posted Wed, February 7, 2007 - 12:00 PM by  cintamani
Like Krsna, the nitya-priyä gopis in Vraja are the abodes
of all qualities, such as beauty and cleverness. Rädhä and
Candrävali are most prominent among them. They have been referred
to in the Brahma-samhitä (5.37):

änanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhävitäbhis
täbhir ya eva nija-rüpatayä kaläbhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilätma-bhüto
govindam ädi-purusam tam aham bhajämi

When the änanda-amsa of the sac-cid-änanda-para-tattva
agitates the cid-amsa, and is then enthused by the separately
manifest hlädini pratibhä (splendor), then Srimati
Rädhikä, along with Her sakhis who are all extensions of
Her spiritual form, become manifest. I perform bhajana of
that Govinda, who is the supreme, original Soul of all souls.
He eternally resides in Goloka-dhäma with those damsels,
who are all endowed with the sixty-four arts.
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cintamani
Los Angeles

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