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Goda wanted to attain the darling son of Vasudeva as her groom and
decided to observe viratams like the Gopis of Nandagokulam.   As part
of this viratam, she stopped wearing perfumed sandal paste, jewels,
flowers and kajal. She partook only havis without salt and fed sadhus
everyday.  She slept on the bare floor and woke up very early in the
morning even as the moon started to set and went to every house and
woke up her friends. 
"It is morning! Wake up! The sound of vedaadhyayanam can be heard
everywhere. The sound of conches from the temples is very loud! And
along with that we can hear Brahmins and priests saying `Hari'
everywhere! And this name of Narayana is filling our hearts through
our ears. Can't you hear?" she called one girl.
"I have stopped those who want to proceed to the temple, and we are
all waiting for you to join us" Come on!"  She told one friend
"You are a spritely young maiden ? please join us! If we go and
worship Krishna, he will grant all our wishes." She told another. 
        "Can't you hear the cowherdesses churning the buttermilk?  Their
bangles are making suitably as well! Listen and get up" She woke yet
another girlfriend.
        "Hey, cousin! The lamps in your bedchamber are still burning and
incense is till smoking around your bed. Come and open your beautiful
door. Dear Aunt, Wake her up!" She woke her cousin.
        She went to yet another friend. "You are talkative and you bragged
that you will be the first person to get up! Come out and see-
everyone is here ? come on out!" she teased another girl. 
        She woke all her friends and went with them to the pond and all her
thoughts were filled with her beloved Krishna. She immersed herself in
the water, got out and dressed - and wore thiruman kappu and thilakam
on her beautiful forehead.   She made Krishna's form out of white sand
and worshipped with flowers as `pushpanjali'. 
        She prayed that Gopalan would come for her and be her bridegroom ?
just as Mahalakshmi wed him because of her severe penance, so would
she! She sat on darbha grass in daytime and slept on the bare floor at
night ? she had no other thoughts except of Shrimanaaraayana and did
nothing else except worship him.  She fasted, worshipped, meditated
and became very thin with her penance. 
 But Narayanan did not appear before her. 

to be continued?..




 
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