Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Adjacent to Pūrṇamāsī’s cave is Ḍomanavana, which is also the location of Runakī-Jhunakī-kuṇḍa. The word ḍomana means “by two minds”. Rādhā’s mind and Kṛṣṇa’s mind met here, and therefore this place is known as Ḍomana. The kuñja of the two sakhīs Runakī and Jhunakī lies here. These two sakhīs used to arrange Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s meeting here by using various tricks. With great happiness, they would sit Them on the swing and swing Them.
One devotee has described this pastime in his poem full of prema:
it soṅ āī kumri kiśorī ut soṅ nandakiśor
do mil van krīḍā karat bolat paṅchī mor
do mil van krīḍā karat bolat paṅchī mor
“Kumārī Kiśorī came from one direction and Nanda-kiśora from the other. They are playing together in the forest, accompanied by the calls of the peacocks.”
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
On the banks of this beautiful kunda, within the forest of Domanavana, many secret meetings took place between Radha and Krishna that were made possible by the clever tricks of two gopis named Rimki and Jhimki, who both have kundas nearby named after them. The name ‘domana’ means ‘two minds’ and ‘vana’ means forest, or in other words the forest where the two minds of Rimki and Jimki acted as one in arranging the secret meetings of Radha and Krishna. The word domana can also mean that the two minds of the ‘divine lovers’ Radha and Krishna became united as one as They met each other at this place.
