Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-mandala-parikrama”:
Datihā lies about six miles west of Mathurā and two miles from Śāntanu-kuṇḍa. According to the Padma Purāṇa, Nanda Mahārāja and all the Vrajavāsīs, including Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s beloved gopīs, went to Kurukṣetra at the time of a solar eclipse to meet Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa repeatedly assured them, saying, “I shall soon return to Vraja,” and then sent them back to Vraja. Although the gopas and gopīs did return to Vraja with Nanda Bābā, instead of going back to Gokula-Mahāvana, they waited for Kṛṣṇa near Datihā on the other side of the Yamunā (from Gokula). The village in which they stayed while waiting for Kṛṣṇa is called Magerā or Magherā. After Śrī Kṛṣṇa killed Śiśupāla He went to the vicinity of Mathurā, where Dantavakra had gone to fight with Him. Kṛṣṇa killed Dantavakra at Datihā, and then met with His parents and the other Vrajavāsīs. Because Dantavakra was killed here, this place is called Datihā [a name derived from the Sanskrit dantavakra-ha, “killer of Dantavakra”].
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
The Bhakti-ratnakara says that Lord Krishna killed the demon Dantavakra here at Datiha, which is considered to be one of the gateways to the city of Mathura. This place is also known as Dati-upavana and according to the Padma Purana, it is one of the sub-forests of Vrindavana Dhama. There are no actual pastime places to be seen here at Datiha but there is a very old Yugala-Kishore Mandira in the village. The Bhakti-ratnakara says, “O Shrinivasa, see this place on the west of Mathura where Krishna killed Dantavakra. Vajranabha named this place Datiha. In the Padma Purana it is known as Dati-upavana.”
