Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Nearby, south of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī’s bhajana-kuṭī is Nanda- bāga, Nanda Mahārāja’s garden. This garden was full of lush green trees and creepers laden with many varieties of fruits and flowers. One of Nanda Mahārāja’s cowsheds, where Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma milked the cows and also practised wrestling with the sakhās was also here. Śrīmatī Rādhikā used to come along this path together with Her girlfriends on Her way from Jāvaṭa to Nanda-bhavana.
Once‚ Śrīmatī Rādhikā and Her sakhīs were coming to Nanda- bhavana to cook. Some distance from this place, they saw Kṛṣṇa and the cowherd boys milking the cows. Lalitā Sakhī said, “We should take the other path. Vraja’s crown jewel of debauchees is looking towards us with greedy eyes while He milks the cows and He will certainly tease us in one way or another.”
But Rādhikā insisted. “What can that debauchee do to us?” She said. “We should fearlessly take this path.” She and Her friends proceeded to walk in Kṛṣṇa’s direction. As Śrīmatī Rādhikā came close, Kṛṣṇa aimed a current of milk at Her face and drenched it. Waves of pleasure surged within the sakhās and sakhīs, and they all began to laugh. With knitted eyebrows Śrīmatī Rādhikā glared at Kṛṣṇa and continued on Her way. As She walked, somehow Her pearl necklace broke and the pearls fell to the earth, scattering here and there, so She sat down to collect them. The sakhīs understood Śrīmatījī’s heart, and knew that on the pretext of picking up the pearls, She was actually beholding Her beloved for some time more.
Remembrance of this pastime is like an ocean, and Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī has placed many such oceans in the pot of his Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi and other books. In other words, in his books he has described these vast pastimes in a few words.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This was the garden or bagicha maintained by Krishna’s father Nanda Maharaja, where he would grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The word ‘baga’ as in Nanda Baga also means a ‘garden’. There was also another goshala belonging to Nanda Maharaja located here. Nearby to this garden is Chandra-kunda, as well as Jalvihara-kunda, where Krishna would sometimes enjoy water sports with His friends. Radharani used to pass through Maharaja Nanda’s garden every morning on Her way from Her mother-in-laws house in Yavat, to Krishna’s house at Nandagrama, where She would cook Krishna’s breakfast.
In the Ujjvala-nilamani it is said that one morning, Radharani and Her sakhis were going from Yavata to Nandagrama and were walking on the path that passes through Nanda Baba’s garden. Suddenly, they saw Krishna milking a cow right next to the pathway. Lalita said, “Hey Radhe, this ‘lampata chudamani’, meaning ‘crown jewel among debauchees’, is looking at us in a very greedy way and will certainly try to harass us as we pass by, therefore let us take another path through the garden.” However, Radharani was eager to get a glimpse of Krishna, therefore She replied by saying, “Hey sakhi, what can this ‘crown jewel amongst debauchees’ do to us, we should not worry and boldly continue on the path.” Thus Radha and Her girlfriends continued down the path. As Radha was passing by, Krishna smiled mischievously, and suddenly squirted a powerful stream of milk from the cow’s udder right into Radharani beautiful face, which drenched Her clothes as well. The sakhis became ecstatic upon seeing this and began to laugh and clap their hands, while Radharani, cleverly concealing Her own pleasure, looked at Krishna with eyebrows knitted in a feigned expression of anger. As Radharani was about to continue down the path, Her pearl necklace suddenly broke and all the pearls fell to the ground and scattered here and there. Radharani immediately kneeled down and began picking up the pearls. The sakhis could see very clearly that Radha was looking with secretive sidelong glances towards Her beloved Krishna while drinking deep the nectar of His lotus-like face, relishing each lingering moment of this chance encounter as She slowly gathered up the pearls from the ground.
