This kunda is where Lalita would take her bath in the morning. There is also a jhulana-sthali here to commemorate the place where Radha and Krishna would sometimes enjoy Their swing pastimes.
This kunda is the site of a famous pastime where Narada Muni had some fun at Radha’s expense. This joking mentality of Narada and his ‘impish’ and sometimes ‘boyish’ behavior, is for some devotees very hard to comprehend, and is perhaps due to his being related to the celestial singers the Gandharvas.
Krishna new that Narada often visited Radharani and had warned Her about the joking and mischievous nature of Narada, telling Her to be cautious as Narada could create misunderstandings even between father and son, or between husband and wife, simply to enjoy some fun. Radha did not take Krishna’s warning very seriously as the gopis found Narada to be very friendly and funny.
One day, Krishna was waiting for Radharani to arrive at Lalita-kunda next to the jhulan-sthali so They could enjoy pastimes together on the swing. Lalita was nearby making a garland of forest flowers for Krishna when Narada arrived there, and seeing that Radha was late, saw a wonderful opportunity to have some fun. Noticing that the length of the garland Lalita was trying to make became either too short or too long, he suggested that Lalita should measure it against Krishna’s body to make sure that she got the length exactly right.
Lalita then approached Krishna near the swing to measure the length of the garland. When they were standing there together, Narada informed Krishna about his long cherished desire to see Krishna sit on the swing with Lalita.
Krishna was happy to fulfill Narada’s long cherished desire, but Lalita was hesitant, thinking that Radha might arrive at any time, and would be upset to see Lalita sitting on the swing alone with Krishna. However, Krishna told Lalita that there was no harm and she should sit on the swing just to make Narada happy. Therefore, at Krishna’s request and just too please Narada, Lalita sat on the swing next to Krishna and Narada very gently began pushing them ‘to and fro’.
Very soon both Krishna and Lalita became absorbed in talking while enjoying each other’s company on the swing.
At that moment, Narada quickly went to find Radha and told Her about Lalita sitting on the swing with Krishna. Radha became furious and ran to Lalita-kunda to see for Herself and chastise Lalita. Seeing Radha suddenly arriving there in an angry mood and with Narada nowhere in sight, Krishna immediately understood that Narada was enjoying a funny joke and having fun at Radha’s expence.
After pacifying Radharani, Krishna told Her about the joke that Narada had played. Narada was hiding somewhere, laughing to himself at Radha’s predicament.
After hearing Krishna’s explanation, Radha’s anger subsided and She was also able to see the funny side of the joke.
Radha and Krishna then sat on the swing together and engaged in jhulana-lila pastimes along with Their friends Lalita and Vishakha and the other gopis.
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