KṚṢṆA PĀDĀRAVINDODYAN MAKARANDAMAYE MUDĀ
ARIṢṬAMARDI KĀSĀRE SNĀTRĪ NIRBANDHATO’NVAHAM (26)
With great care and joy She daily bathes in the lake of Ariṣṭamardi (Kṛṣṇa, the killer of Ariṣṭāsura), which is also known as Śyāmakuṇḍa and which is filled with the honey that oozes from Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet.
Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:
In the Ādi Varāha Purāṇa it is described that Kṛṣṇa wanted to purify Himself after killing the Ariṣṭa-demon, who had appeared in the form of a bull, by striking the ground with His left heel and thus creating Ariṣṭakuṇḍa or Śyāmakuṇḍa.
The kuṇḍa was manifest so rapidly by the movement of Kṛṣṇa’s feet that it is said to be filled with the honey oozing from His lotus-like feet just as honey drips from a lotus flower when it is simply touched.
Śrīmatī Rādhārānī most carefully bathes in this lake every day and thus attains the pinnacle of bliss. She loves Śyāmakuṇḍa as much as She loves Śyāma.
NIJA KUṆḌA PURAS TĪRE RATNASTHALYĀM AHAR NIŚĀM
PREṢṬHA NARMĀLIBHIR BHAṄGYĀ SAMAṀ NARMA VITANVATĪ (27)Day and night She makes jokes and playful gestures with Her intimate girlfriends in a jewelled cottage in front of the bank of Her own lake (Rādhākuṇḍa).
Stavāmṛta Kaṇā Vyākhyā:
Rādhākuṇḍa is also called Vraja Mukuṭa maṇi, the crownjewel of Vraja, because it is the most intimate and safe place for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa to meet and enjoy Their pastimes.
The place is so secret that They can freely enjoy Themselves there with Their best girlfriends like Lalitā and Viśākhā. Facing Rādhākuṇḍa is a jewelled place where Śrī Rādhikā always makes many jokes with Her girlfriends about Śyāma and His amorous pastimes with Them.
