Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
Located at Setu-kandara is the famous saugandha-shila where Lord Krishna once took a vow in front of the gopis that He would never ever leave Vrindavana. The Vrajabasha/Hindi word ‘saugandha’ means ‘vow’. (The word saugandha should not be confused with the word ‘sugandha’ which means ‘fragrance’). The fact that Krishna never left Vrindavana has been confirmed by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and in the Chaitanya-charitamrita it is mentioned that Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu told Rupa Goswami, “The Krishna known as Yadukumara is Vasudeva Krishna. He is different from the Krishna who is the son of Nanda Maharaja. Yadukumara Krishna manifests his pastimes in the cities of Mathura and Dwaraka, but Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja never leaves Vrindavana.” In the Brihad-gautamiya-tantra, Lord Krishna tells Narada Muni, “The five yojanas of Vrindavana forest are like My body and the spinal cord of the body is the Kalindi River, which flows with nectarine water. Deities and other spirits live here in invisible bodies. And I, living within every being, never leave this place.” This fact has been confirmed by Uddhava and others. This aspect of Krishna remaining present in Vrindavana but unseen is called His aprakata-lila, or un-manifested pastimes, whereas the prakata-lila is the manifested or visible pastimes.
