Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
When Shrila Madhavendra Puri Goswami came on pilgrimage to Vraja, he stayed here on the banks of Govinda-kunda and engaged in bhajana and would regularly perform the parikrama of Govardhana Hill. He was so renounced that he never begged alms and subsisted on whatever was freely offered to him. One day, while sitting here on the bank of Govinda-kunda engaged in his bhajana, a beautiful young cowherd boy came there and offered Madhavendra a pot of cow’s milk. Upon seeing the beauty of the little cowherd boy, Madhavendra felt very satisfied within himself and asked the boy from where he came and who had sent the milk. The cowherd boy replied that he was from the nearby village of Aniyora, and some of the village ladies while fetching water from the kunda, had seen you sitting under a tree; knowing that you were not eating, they asked me to bring this milk to you. The cowherd boy then informed Madhavendra that he had to go now as it was time to milk the cows but would return later to collect the pot.
After the boy left, Madhavendra drank the sweet tasting milk and felt great ecstasy. That night in his dream, Madhavendra once again saw the very same cowherd boy, who, in the dream took his hand and led him to a spot next to Govardhana Hill. The boy informed Madhavendra that this place beneath the bushes was his residence, but due to the scorching heat, pouring rain, the wind, and the cold, he was suffering very much. He then requested that Madhavendra dig him out from beneath the bushes and build him a temple on top of Govardhana Hill as his residence. The boy then said his name was Gopala, the lifter of Govardhana Hill, and that he had been wondering how long it would be before Madhavendra would come and rescue him.
On waking early the next morning, Madhavendra realized that the cowherd boy who brought the milk and the boy in his dream, was non-other than Lord Krishna Himself. Madhavendra immediately went to the spot where in his dream; the cowherd boy had shown where He lay buried. After calling some of the villagers to help, they began removing all the thick bushes and after digging away the earth, they discovered the Deity of Lord Gopala. With the help of the villagers, Madhavendra carefully carried the Deity to Yatipura and after performing an elaborate annakuta and abhisheka ceremony, he installed the Deity of Lord Gopala on top of Govardhana Hill. In due course of time a nice temple was built on the scared hill as a residence for the Deity, just as Lord Gopala had requested.
