Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
This is Lalitā’s wedding pavilion. The gopīs performed Lalitā’s wedding ceremony with seven-year-old Śrī Kṛṣṇa here. One day, Lalitā and the sakhīs were sitting with rasika Kṛṣṇa and talking sweetly with Him. Upon the indication of Śrīmatī Rādhikā, Viśākhā and some other sakhīs tied Śrī Śyāmasundara’s yellow cloth to the corner of Śrī Lalitā’s veil. Raṅgadevī and other sakhīs started to sing wedding songs while Tuṅgavidyā and others uttered the wedding mantras. The remaining sakhīs showered flowers on Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Lalitā. Becoming somewhat suspicious, Lalitā quickly stood up and went to run away, but she was unable to do so because of the knot. The gopīs surrounded the couple and with great celebration held a big festival. This place was named Lalitā- vivāha-sthala after this pastime.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
Here at this spot the gopis performed the marriage ceremony between Lalita-sakhi and Shri Krishna. The word ‘vivaha’ means ‘marriage ceremony’ and ‘mandapa’ means the sanctified area where such a ceremony takes place. One day Krishna was sitting here talking with the gopis and Lalita just happened to be sitting next to Krishna. In fun, Radharani signaled to Vishakha to tie Lalita’s sari to Krishna’s dhoti, as is done in a marriage ceremony. Suddenly all the gopis started singing traditional wedding songs and Tungavidya-sakhi began chanting the Vedic wedding mantras. Some of the gopis then started to shower flower petals on both Lalita and Krishna. The truth of what was happening slowly dawned on Lalita and out of embarrassment she stood up to quickly run away to hide herself, but to her great surprise, she discovered that her sari was firmly tied to Krishna’s dhoti. The gopis then surrounded the ‘newly married’ couple and a wonderful celebration took place.
