SECT. I.—Sēēta

This is the image of a yellow woman, covered with jewels: it always accompanies and is worshipped with that of her husband.

Sēēta was the daughter of king Jŭnŭkŭa, whose capital was Mit'hila. Her history, after her marriage with Ramŭ, will be found in the account of that god.

SECT. II.—Radha

Radha was the wife of Ayŭnu-ghoshŭ, a cowherd of Gokoolŭ, where Krishnŭ in his youth resided: through Vŭraee, a procuress, he seduced Radha, and led her into the forest near the river Yŭmoona, where they continued till Krishnŭ left her to begin the war with Kŭngsŭ.

This mistress of Krishnŭ has been deified with her paramour. Her image is set up in temples with different forms of Krishnŭ, and worshipped at the festivals of this god. The act of looking upon these images together, is declared by the shastrŭs to be an act of peculiar merit!

If a Hindoo be charged with any particular act of which he wishes to express his abhorrence, he exclaims, ‘Radha-Krishnŭ!’ Many persons repeat ‘Ramŭ! Ramŭ! Ramŭ!’ on such occasions, but no one says Sēēta-Ramŭ; yet when Krishnŭ's name is to be repeated, they always join to it that of his mistress Radha.

One of the Hindoo learned men has written a work (the Radha-tŭntrŭ) to prove that Radha was an incarnation of Bhŭgŭvŭtēē; and this opinion is quoted by the Hindoos of the present day to cover this abominable transaction.