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  • tataḥ sā tulasī rūpa-mañjarī ca vaneśvarī |
    bhakṣyāṇy urvaritāny āduḥ sevikālī-cayaiḥ samam ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 15.142)

    “Then, Tulasī, Rūpa Mañjarī,
    And the lordess of the forest [i.e., Vṛndā]
    Ate the remaining foods
    Together with the serving sakhīs.”

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  • śrī-rādhikātha sagaṇā muditopaviṣṭā
    kāntādharāmṛtatayā parivāñchitāni |
    śrī-rūpa-mañjarikayā ca vaneśayā ca
    bhakṣyāṇi tāni bubhuje pariveśitāni ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 15.138)

    “Then, Śrī Rādhikā, along with her group,
    Delightedly sat and ate the foods,
    Which were greatly desired
    Because of [their] containing the nectar
    From the lips of her beloved,
    And were served by Śrī Rūpa Mañjarikā and the lordess of the forest [i.e., Vṛndā].”

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  • yātas tataḥ sa harir ambuja-mandirāntaḥ
    śete’tra sat-kusuma-kalpita-talpa-madhye |
    tāmbūla-dāna-pada-lālana-vījanādyais
    tatra priyālibhir amuṁ tulasī siṣeve ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 15.136)

    “Hari then entered the Lotus Pavilion
    And lay there
    Atop a bed arranged with excellent flowers.
    Tulasī served him there,
    Along with her dear friends,
    With an offering of tāmbūla,
    A foot massage,
    Fanning,
    And so forth.”

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  • paryaveśayad etāni sarvāṇi rādhikā kramāt |
    tābhyāṁ saha haris tāni bubhuje kamalekṣaṇaḥ ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 15.132)

    “Rādhikā gradually served all these [items], and Hari, he of lotus eyes, ate them along with the two [i.e., Subala and Madhumaṅgala].

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  • ūrdhva-retās tapasy-ugro niyatāśī ca saṁyamī |
    śāpānugrahayoḥ śaktaḥ satya-sandho bhaved ṛṣiḥ ||
    (Devala Ṛṣi; cited in the Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā on Bṛhad Bhāgavatāmṛta: 2.1.109)

    “One who is of upward [-held] semen [i.e., celibate], fierce in austerity, a restrained eater, controlled, capable of cursing and blessing, and fixed in truth, shall be [considered] a ṛṣi [i.e., seer, sage].”

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  • svāduṅkāraṁ kamala-nayanaḥ saspṛhaṁ tat-tad-annaṁ
    hasta-sparśād amṛta-madhuraṁ mandamandaṁ priyāyāḥ |
    tad-vāktrābja-prahita-nayana-prānta-bhṛṅgo nigūḍhaṁ
    prāśnann ambā-manasi niviḍaṁ sa pramodaṁ vyatānīt ||
    (Govinda-līlāmṛta: 4.46)

    “Eagerly and leisurely tasting all that food [which had been cooked by Rādhā and her sakhīs],
    Sweet more so than [even] nectar
    Because of the touch
    Of the hand of his beloved [i.e., Rādhā],
    He [i.e., Kṛṣṇa], of lotus eyes,
    By whom the bees of the corners of his eyes
    Were discreetly cast towards the lotus of her face,
    Ate and produced deep delight
    In the mind of his mother.”

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