Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
This place is situated west of Nandagaon. During cow herding, Kṛṣṇa played His flute on this hill (pahārī) to assemble His hundreds of thousands of cows. By the tender and sweet sound of His flute, this hill melted and became marked with the impressions of Kṛṣṇa’s footprints (caraṇa-cihna). Hence, this hill is called Caraṇa-pahārī.
On Kaṁsa’s order, the great devotee Akrūra came to Nandagaon to bring Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma to Mathurā. When he saw Kṛṣṇa’s footprints on this hill and everywhere in the sand nearby, he became filled with ecstatic emotions, and began crying and rolling around on them. To this day, devotees become ecstatic upon seeing Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s footprints here.
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
This is the place where Krishna’s lotus footprints can be seen on a rock and this is one of the three most celebrated charana paharis found in Vraja. The word ‘pahari’ or ‘pahadi’ means a ‘small hill’ as well as a large ‘rock’, and ‘charana’ means the lotus feet of the Lord. These rocks are part of the Nandiswara hill and the impression of Krishna’s lotus feet on the rock occurred during the time when Krishna was playing His flute at this place and the sound was so enchanting, that even the rocks became soft due to transcendental ecstasy, thus leaving the impressions indented on the rock. Although some locals make the claim, this is not the spot where Akrura saw Krishna’s lotus footprints which is some distance from here at Akrura-sthana near Ter Kadamba.
