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  Sri Balabhadra-sahasra-näma A Thousand Names of Lord Balaräma The Balarama Pranams namas te halagraha namas te musalayudha namas te revati-kanta namas te bhakta-vatsala namas te dharani-dhara namas te balanam srestha pralambare namas te 'stu ehi mam krsna-purvaja   From Garga-samhita Canto 8: Chapter Thirteen Text 1 duryodhana uvaca balabhadrasya devasya pradvipaka maha-mune namnam sahasram me bruhi guhyam deva-ganair api Duryodhana said: O great sage Pradvipaka, please tell me the thousand names of Lord Balarama, names kept secret from even the demigods. Text 2 sri-pradvipaka uvaca sadhu sadhu maha-raja sadhu te vimalam yasah yat prcchase param idam gargoktam deva-durlabham sri-pradvipaka uvaca-Sri Pradvipaka said; sadhu-good; sadhu-good; maha-raja-O king; sadhu-good; te-of you; vimalam-pure; yasah-fame; yat-what; prcchase-you ask; param-great; idam-this; gargoktam-spoken by Garga Muni; deva-to the demigods; durlabham-rare. Sri Pradvipaka said: Well done! Well done! Well do...

Especially around Varsana villages and Nandagram, there are many beautiful, old, ancient jhulans. A traditional one is just near Varsana. There is a place called Adangar, I from where looking across the valley there IS beautiful hill called Bilasgar. IS This hill actually an incarnation of Krishna. Krishna cannot stand to be far away from Radharani, so He has incarnated as this hill. Between Varsana and Bilasgar there is a beautiful valley, which comes very near to a place called Sankarikor, the narrow passage. In the month of Shravan (July-August), it is the custom that girls visit the house of their mother and father. Normally, Radharani stays in Yavad with her so-called mother in law Jatila and sister- in-law Kutila and so-called husband Abhimanyu. But in the Shravan month, she comes to Varsana. Yavad is very close to Nandagram, but Varsana is not. So, Radha and Krishna are very sad because they are far from each other. One Ekadashi in the month of Shravan, the sakhis took Radharani...

Imlitala at Radha Kunda, Goverdhan is the place where a very large tamarind tree once stood and it was the place where Rupa Goswami witnessed the most incredible swing pastimes of Radha and Krishna known as jhulana-lila. The word ‘imli’ means ‘tamarind’ and ‘tala’ means ‘tree’. Once while Rupa Goswami was spending some time at Radha-kunda, he came and sat beneath this huge tamarind tree and became deeply absorbed in chanting. The next thing he became aware of was a very nicely decorated swing that he noticed hanging from one of the tree’s branches. The swing, also called a jhula, was designed in such a way that two persons could sit on the swing while facing each other. Then all of a sudden, Rupa Goswami saw both Radha and Krishna arrive at the swing accompanied by all their gopi girlfriends. Krishna immediately climbed onto the swing and then invited Radharani to join Him. Radharani at first refused, because Krishna sometimes made this particular swing go far too high, which would alw...