Rādhā Upaniṣad 3

Third Lesson.

Now, following this, there are the twelve forests: Bhadravana, Śrīvana, Lohavana, Bhāṇḍīravana, Mahāvana, Tālavana, Khadiravana, Bakulavana, Kumudavana, Kāmyavana, Madhuvana, and Bṛndāvana. To the west of the Kālindī are seven forests; to the east are five forests; to the north are secret ones. Mathurāvana, Madhuvana, Mahāvana, Khādiravana, Bhāṇḍīravana, Nandīśvaravana, Nandavana, Ānandavana, Khāṇḍavavana, Palāśavana, Aśokavana, Ketakavana, Drumavana, Gandhamādanavana, Śeṣaśāyivana, Śyāmāyuvana, Bhujyuvana, Dadhivana, Vṛṣabhānuvana, Saṅketavana, Dīpavana, Rāsavana, Krīḍāvana, and Utsukavana—presiding over these twenty-four forests, which are eternal realms, with various pastimes, Kṛṣṇa sports. [These forests are] attended by the spring season, endowed with gentle and other breezes, where there is neither sorrow nor pleasure, neither old age nor death, nor anger. There, the embodiment of complete bliss, the ever-youthful Śrī Kṛṣṇa, having the crest of a peacock feather hanging down, wearing an ornament of three strands of guñjā berries and a jewel-studded crown upon his head, bearing a tilaka of gorocanā, makara-shaped earrings upon his ears, adorned with a forest garland, his body decorated with a garland of mālatī flowers, wearing a bracelet on his hand, an armlet on his arm, tinkling bells on his feet, [and donning] a yellow garment around his waist, having a deep lotus navel, a well-rounded pair of nostrils, his lotus feet marked with the flag, thunderbolt, and other signs, [dwells as] Mahāviṣṇu.

The wise person should constantly meditate upon Kṛṣṇacandra of such a form. Thus ends [the teaching].

His primordial nature is Rādhikā, eternal, devoid of material qualities, adorned with all ornaments, serene, lovely with boundless charm. The birth of beings like us depends upon her; from a portion of hers arise many Viṣṇus, Rudras, and others. [Knowing that] this has arisen from the ocean of bliss of him whose greatness is unfathomable, one attains the eternal realm through mental worship, through meditation, through praise, through hymn, and through all mental devotion. By no other means! By no other means! By no other means! Such is the word of the Veda. Such is the word of the Veda. Such is the word of the Veda.

Thus ends the third chapter in the Puruṣabodhanī, belonging to the Atharva[veda], on the supreme swan.