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savebrajforum Radharani Braja Yatra 2012: Nandagram Day 5

Rādhārāṇī Braja Yatra 2012: Nandagram Day 5

Lalita Kunda

To begin the day we first saw Lalita Kunda. There is a very sweet pastime where the gopis were playing a hide and seek game. Onegopi is blindfolded and the others would run and hide. Then they would all clap and the blindfolded gopi would then look for them and when found wouldclap to indicate a new game to be played.

Rādhārāṇī went to hide in Sagan kuñja and it just so happened that Kṛṣṇa, Who was spying on the entire event, was in that kuñja.

Rādhārāṇī saw this beautiful blue boy holding a flute, which slipped from his hand when he fainted in seeing Her beauty. Then someone clapped and the game was over. Rādhā left the kuñja in disappointment to meet Her friends and they decided to go home to Barṣāṇā. Rādhārāṇī was however sad and her girlfriends detected this, so Lalita took her aside to find out what was wrong.

Rādhārāṇī disclosed, “ When I went into the kuñja a most beautiful boy was there who passed out in looking at Me and now I am in anxiety who is there to take care of Him in this state. Oh Lalita I want to meet with Him.”

Lalita devised a plane and went to find Kṛṣṇa. She then brought Kṛṣṇa to this kuṇḍa and dressed Him giving Him a veil to wear and said, “Whatever you do, do not take this veil off, for you will be discovered and people will laugh at you.” Kṛṣṇa promised and said, “Ok will not take this veil off.”

Then Lalita snuck Kṛṣṇa into Vṛṣabhānu’s palace past all the guards and gopis and introduced Him to Rādhā. She received Him with a big smile knowing Who was under the veil.

This kuṇḍa was named Lalita Kunda because of her disguising and decorating Kṛṣṇa here.

Nanda Baitak

This is Nanda Baba’s bhajan stali. Nanda Baba use to do his bhajan here and wait for Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to return from the daily cow herding exploits in the evening.

There is one lila here where just next door is Yasoda kuṇḍa, where Yasoda would do her chores, making butter, churning yogurt etc. So Kṛṣṇa and Balarama, being small naughty boys in their play, were so disturbing to Yasoda so she tried to scare them. She said, “If you continue your mischief then the Haou Bilau bhuta (ghost) will come and take you away.”

The boys being very afraid, would run to Nanda Baba next door and tell him about the danger coming Their way.

Nanda Baba would laugh as They both sat on each of his thighs. Mother Yasoda would chastise Them and They would just run to the lap of the father for protection. There is a painting in the temple here that depicts this pastime. This is Nanda Baba’s bhajan stali.

Within the same area to Nanda Baitak and Yasoda Kund is the Yasoda Maat, a very large pot, a person can even stand in it, where she would make the butter.

Nanda baba had an enormous gośala

here and to this present day there is a beautiful gośala with well fed cows.

Close by is Kajal Kuṇḍa where the gopis would put kajal on Kṛṣṇa’s eyes to make them more beautiful(that’s what they thought).

Pani Haari kuṇḍa

The gopis used to bring drinking water for their homes, 3 kilometers from Nandagram. Sometimes Kṛṣṇa would hide on their way home and He would break their pots and splatter milk products all over them.

Charan Pahadi

This is Sri Charan Pahadi, which is on the north side of Bathan andfrom here it is only one and a half kilometers to the North. This particular Charan Pahadi description is available in the Garga Samhita, Vṛndāvana khāṇḍa, chapter 24, sloka 16 and 24.

When Kṛṣṇa performed the rasa lila, and disappeared from the rasa mandap at that particular time, the gopis were crying and searching for Kṛṣṇa throughout the entire forest of trees, plants, wells, flowers, and bees. They were inquiring from everyone, “Did you see Kṛṣṇa? Did you see Kṛṣṇa?” They were so intoxicated looking for Kṛṣṇa, they were mad, completely mad.

At that particular time they came here and finally saw the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa on this particular hill within this forest. That is why it is called Charan Pahadi.

Garga Samhita

16 tatastutatprasadenapadachanadarsanata|

dadasugaratadagopyobhagavatapadachinitam||

24 tada raja satanitva dhutwa murdana brajangama / padanyananidadushruranyachinannicha||

Kṛṣṇa, along with the cowherd boys, came on this hill along with Surabhi, the mother cow, Airāvata, the elephant, and Turanga(one horse). They all came here and heard the flute of Kṛṣṇa. And even the earth planet, by hearing this flute melted, the stones began to liquefy.

The impressions of the lotus feet of the Lord are clearly on this hill, that’s why it is called Charan Pahadi. Next to them, Lord Śyāma’s and Rāmā’s(Balarāma) cowherd stick indentations are clearly seen.

Also one will find the hoof prints of cows, the cowherd boys, elephant, horse, deer, and parrots in the stone.

Close by Charan Pahadi, all the gvalbals(cowherd boys) used to do pada paksanam(bathe Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma’s lotus feet). That is why this kuṇḍa here is called Charan Ganga. On the bank here is a beautiful Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa temple.

In the Bhagavatam also, Śukadeva Gosvami has described the pastimes of Charan Padi in the 10th canto, 30th chapter 25th verse;

padāni vyaktam etāni

nanda-sūnor mahātmanaḥ

lakṣyante hi dhvajāmbhoja-

vajrāṅkuśa-yavādibhiḥ

[The gopīs said:] The marks of a flag, lotus, thunderbolt, elephant goad, barleycorn and so forth on these footprints clearly distinguish them as belonging to that great soul, the son of Nanda Mahārāja.

Chhach Kuṇḍa

Since there were so many cows, there was so much butter, milk and yogurt everywhere. There used to be a kuṇḍa where the chhach would be stored.

Mor Kuṇḍa

Just as Kṛṣṇa took the form of a peacock at Mor Kuti in Barsana and would dance to give pleasure to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, similarly at this kuṇḍa Kṛṣṇa took the form of a peacock for the pleasure of his friends, His śākhas.

Vrinda Kuṇḍa

There are more Vrindas in the scriptures but two are mainly related Kṛṣṇa and tonight Baba Śrī talked about two.

He said, “Which one is in the temple that you visited, only Śrī Kṛṣṇa knows. I have lived here for 60 years and am undecided about the real Vrinda katha, even the locals are not sure. I will just speak from my bhava and my feelings with regard to her.”(Baba Sri went on for 45 minutes in some very technical stories outside of Krsna lila…incredible).

The first Vrinda is related to the demon Sankachuda, her marriage to him after the curse of Radharani to her in Goloka.

The second Vrinda became the pious river Gandaki and Nārāyaṇa became the shaligram sila from the Kali Gandaki.

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