Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
This pastime place is situated one-and-a-half miles north- east of Śṛṅgāravaṭa and ten miles south-west of Kosī. Śrī Kṛṣṇa performed various kinds of pastimes here with Śrīmatī Rādhikā and the sakhīs. Just as They were about to go home, They became greatly distressed by Their impending separation. This village has therefore become known as Bichora. The purport of the following verse from Śrī Bhakti-ratnākara states that the word bichora is derived from viccheda, meaning “separation”.
krīḍāvasānete doṅhe cale nijālaya
viccheda-prayukta e ‘bichora’ nāma haya
viccheda-prayukta e ‘bichora’ nāma haya
Rajashekhara Dasa
From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:
The Bhakti-ratnakara says, “In Vichora-grama Chandramukhi and Her friends met Krishna. After They sported, They returned to Their own homes feeling separation from each other. Therefore this village is called Vichora.” The name Vichora comes from the word ‘viccheda’ which means ‘separation’ and at this place Krishna enjoyed intimate pastimes with Chandramukhi and Her girlfriends. When the time came for Them to return to Their homes, both Krishna and Chandramukhi began to feel intense separation (viccheda) from each other. The name Chandramukhi refers to the beautiful moon-faced Radharani. A verse from the Vraja-riti-cintamani provides another meaning to the word viccheda when it says, “There the gopis drank the nectar of the ‘divine couples’ playful conversation and saw the ‘divine couple’ maddened by Their mutual touch. The gopis came from all directions (viccheda ga) to see the ‘divine couple’, and therefore this place became known as Vicchedata-tirtha.” According to this verse from Vraja-riti-chintamani, the words ‘viccheda ga’ found in the Sanskrit verse means ‘arriving from different directions’.
