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Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes of meeting (sambhoga-līlā ) are described in Śrī Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (15.222–224):

ते तु सन्दर्शनं जल्पः स्पर्शनं वर्त्म-रोधनम्
रास-वृन्दावन-क्रीडा-यमुनाद्य्-अम्बु-केलयः
नौ-खेला-लीलया चौर्यं घट्टः कुञ्जादि-लीनता
मधु-पानं वधू-वेश-धृतिः कपट-सुप्तता
द्यूत-क्रीडा पटाकृष्टिश् चुम्बाश्लेषौ-नखार्पणम्
बिम्बाधर-सुधापानं सम्प्रयोगादयो मताः

te tu sandarśanaṃ jalpaḥ sparśanaṃ vartma-rodhanam
rāsa-vṛndāvana-krīḍā-yamunādy-ambu-kelayaḥ
nau-khelā-līlayā cauryaṃ ghaṭṭaḥ kuñjādi-līnatā
madhu-pānaṃ vadhū-veśa-dhṛtiḥ kapaṭa-suptatā
dyūta-krīḍā paṭākṛṣṭiś cumbāśleṣau-nakhārpaṇam
bimbādhara-sudhāpānaṃ samprayogādayo matāḥ

The anubhāvas of meeting (sambhoga) are as follows: seeing each other (sandarśana ), talking (jalpa), touching (sparśana), blocking each other’s way in a contrary mood (vartma-rodhana), the rāsalīlā, enjoying pleasure pastimes in Vṛndāvana (vṛndāvana-krīḍā ), playing water-sports in the Yamunā and Mānasī-gaṅgā (jala-keli), enjoying boat pastimes (nau-khelā ), stealing flowers, clothes and the flute (līlā-caurya), enjoying pastimes of demanding taxes (ghaṭṭa), playing hide-and-seek in the kuñjas (kuñjādi-līnatā), drinking honey (madhu-pāna), Kṛṣṇa dressing in female attire (vadhū-veśa-dhṛti), pretending to sleep (kapaṭa-suptatā ), playing dice (dyūta-krīḍā), pulling off each other’s garments (paṭākṛṣti), kissing (cumba ), embracing (āśleṣa), making nail-marks on each other (nakha-arpaṇa), drinking the nectar of each other’s lips, which are like bimba fruit (bimba-adhara sudhā-pāna) and enjoying amorous union (samprayoga).

सन्दर्शन, जल्प, स्पर्श, वर्त्म-निरोधन
रास, वृन्दावन-क्रीडा, यमुना-खेलन

sandarśana, jalpa, sparśa, vartma-nirodhana
rāsa, vṛndāvana-krīḍā, yamunā-khelana

नौका-खेला, पुष्प-चुरि, घट्ट, सङ्गोपन
मधुपान, वधू-वेश, कपट-स्वपन

naukā-khelā, puṣpa-curi, ghaṭṭa, saṅgopana
madhupāna, vadhū-veśa, kapaṭa-svapana

द्यूत-क्रीडा, वस्त्र-टाना, सुरत-व्यापार
बिम्बाधर सुधापान, सम्भोग प्रकार

dyūta-krīḍā, vastra-ṭānā, surata-vyāpāra
bimbādhara sudhāpāna, sambhoga prakāra