Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami
From the book “Sri Vraja-maṇḍala-parikramā”:
Just near the famous Sevā-kuñja are four narrow galīs, or alleys: Dāna-galī, Māna-galī, Gumāna-galī and Kuñja-galī. Once, when Śrīmatī Rādhikā was in māna, She made Her way to Māna-sarovara via this very Māna-galī. In the narrow alley named Dāna-galī, Śrī Kṛṣṇa and His sakhās asked the gopīs for tax (dāna) in the form of prema, and the gopīs asked the same thing from Kṛṣṇa. This galī is therefore known as Dāna-galī. Prema-galī is where Kiśora-Kiśorījī’s first meeting took place. At that moment, by the mutual play of Their eyes, a relationship of prema was established between Them which increased moment by moment. That is why this galī has become known as Prema-galī. Some also call it Gumāna-galī, because when Kṛṣṇa asked Priyājī for tax, She exhibited great pride (gumāna), and refused to give it. The galī down which the sakhīs would make their way to Sevā-kuñja, where Śrī Kṛṣṇa would massage the feet of svādhīna-bhartṛkā Śrī Rādhā, is called Kuñja-galī. Śrī Dāna-bihārī and Śrī Rūpa-Sanātana Gauḍīya Maṭha are situated at the crossing of these four galīs.
