Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
This place is situated on the Mathurā–Delhi highway about thirty-five miles from Mathurā and some ten miles from Chatravana. Here Śrī Kṛṣṇa arranged for Nanda Bābā to have darśana of Kuśasthalī (Dvārakā-dhāma) at Gomatī-kuṇḍa, situated west of the village.
Pretending ignorance and speaking in a taunting voice, Śrīmatī Rādhikā asked Kṛṣṇa, “Ko ’sī? – Who are You?” This place is therefore called Kosī or Kosīvana.
Once, Śrī Kṛṣṇa was so eager to meet Śrīmatī Rādhikā that He knocked on Her door. From inside the house, Śrīmatī Rādhikā asked, “Ko’sī?”
Śrī Kṛṣṇa replied, “I am Kṛṣṇa.”
The word kṛṣṇa also happens to mean “black snake”. Rādhikā therefore said, “If You are a black snake, then why come here? Do You want to bite Me? Go to the forest. You have no purpose here.”
“No Priyatamā, I am Ghanaśyāma.”
Rādhikā decided to take ghanaśyāma to mean “black cloud”. “If You are a black cloud, then You also are not needed here,” She answered. “Do not shower rain here and muddy My courtyard. Go to the forests and fields to discharge Your rain.”
“Priyatamā, I am Cakrī.”
Cakrī also means “potter”. Rādhikā therefore said, “There is no need for a cakrī here. No wedding festival is being held in My house. Take Your clay pots and find a marriage celebration.”
“Priyatamā, I am Madhusūdana.”
Rādhikā intentionally took the word madhusūdana to mean “bumblebee” and said, “If You are madhusūdana, then quickly fly from here to a flower-garden and drink the nectar of the flowers. There is no flower-garden here.”
“Come on, I am Your beloved Hari,” Kṛṣṇa insisted.
Rādhikā, interpreted hari as “monkey” or “lion”, and laughingly replied, “What is the need of a monkey or a lion here? Do You want to scratch Me? Quickly run away to a dense forest. We are all scared of lions and monkeys here.”
In this way, Śrīmatī Rādhikā jokes with Her beloved Hari. May They be pleased with us. The place of this joking pastime is called Kosīvana.
