Radha Kunda
Glories
of Radha Kunda Appearance
of Radha Kunda in the Material World
Lord Chaitanya Rediscovers Radha and Syama Kundas
Raghunatha dasa Goswami Excavates Radha and Syama Kundas
Bathing at the Kundas Goswami
Temples at Radha Kunda
Ma Janava's Sitting Place Raghunatha
dasa Goswami's Samadhi
Krishna dasa Kaviraja's Bhajan Kutira
Panca Pandava Ghat
Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur's Bhajan Kutira
The Sangam
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's Sitting Place
Giriraja Maharaja Mandir and Caran Cinha
Ma
Jahnava Baithaka (Sitting place)
This was the sitting place of Ma
Jahnava, the consort of Lord Nityananda,
who visited Radha-kunda probably somewhere around 1582, spending four days here
during her tour of Vrndavana. During her visit to Vrndavana she met Jiva Gosvami,
Gopala Bhatta Gosvami and Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.
On arriving from Bengal, Ma Jahnava spent some days in
Vrndavana. At that
time Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was in a very pitiable condition due to intense
feelings of separation from Radha and Krishna. Srila Jiva Gosvami requested Ma
Jahnava to go to Radha-kunda and give her darsana
to Raghunatha dasa, as this would in inspire him to go on living. This
meeting has been recorded in Bhakti-ratnakara
as follows.
“That illustrious personality, Ma
Jahnava, glowed with a golden
effulgence more brilliant than the sun. When Raghunatha dasa Gosvami saw her
coming, he went mad in ecstatic love. He cried so much that he lost sight of
her. Ma Jahnava could understand the inner heart of Raghunatha dasa. Tears of
divine love rushed out of their eyes like well springs. Raghunatha dasa did not
know what to say, or how to please Ma Jahnava, whose heart was burning like
smoldering embers in separation from her beloved Lord Nityananda”.
Ma
Jahnava, while sitting here on the banks of Radha-kunda had a
wonderful vision of Lord Gopinatha standing under a tamala
tree playing on His flute. To commemorate this wonderful vision, the Deity
of Lord Gopinatha was installed here next to Ma Jahnava’s baithaka. In Vrndavana lila,
Ma Jahnava is none other than Ananga Manjari the younger sister of Srimati
Radharani.
Another interesting fact is that the very spot where Jahnava mata sat is
the place where in aprakata-lila, a
footbridge made of pure crystal extends out into the middle of Radha-kunda,
where the kunja (grove) of Ananga
Manjari is situated. This kunja appears
like a large lotus flower floating in the middle of Radha-kunda. Near Ma
Jahnava’s sitting place there are some steps leading down to the water. This
place is known as Ma Jahnava-ghata and was the private bathing place of Ma
Jahnava.
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