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    Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami

    From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:

    This pond is situated south of Gahvaravana and south-west of the village of Ciksaulī. The cows were milked (godohana) here at the time of Kṛṣṇa’s manifest pastimes. This was the cowshed of the many hundred of thousands of cows belonging to Vṛṣabhānu Mahārāja.

    One day, Kiśorī Rādhikā was watching the cows being milked, and She too desired to milk them. She took a clay pot and proceeded to do so. Mischievous Kṛṣṇa arrived at that spot and said, “Sakhī, don’t You know how to milk a cow? Come, I will teach You.” And He sat down next to Her.

    “O Mohana, teach Me,” Rādhikā said, and She placed Herself in front of Him.

    “All right. You milk from two teats and I will milk from the other two, and keep looking at Me.” Laughing, Kṛṣṇa started to milk. Suddenly, He aimed a jet of milk at Rādhā’s face, saturating Her with it. He and the other sakhīs started laughing. This charming pastime has been described in the following Brajabhāṣā poem:

    āmeṁ sāmeṁ baiṭh doū dohat karat ṭhaṭhor
    dūdh dhār mukh par paḍat dṛg bhaye candr cakor

    Rajashekhara Dasa

    From the book “Chaurasi-kosa Vraja Mandala Parikrama”:

    This kunda is on the outskirts of Ciksauli was the place where Vrishabhanu Maharaja kept his gosala and where the milking of his cows took place. The name of the kunda is derived from the word ‘dohani’ which generally means a ‘milk pale’ or any type of container and it also indicates that the milking of cows took place here. Radha and Krishna also enjoyed many wonderful pastimes here on the banks of this kunda. It is said that once Krishna was teaching Radharani how to milk a cow at this place, but for a bit of fun, Krishna squirted milk from the cow’s teat directly into Radha’s face.

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