tim tapas cakara tirtha-laksam aksayam pura
suprasidati sma Krishna eva sad varam yatah
yatra vasam apa sadhu tat samasta-durlabhe
tatra Krishna-kunda eva samsthitih stutastu nah

What austerities did the hundreds of thousands of eternal holy places perform to please Krishna and obtain from Him the benediction to live at Krishna-kunda, the rarest holy place? Let us glorify residence at Krishna-kunda.

krsna-prasadena samasta-saila-
samrajyam apnoti ca vairino pi
sakrasya yah prapa balim sa saksad
govardhano me disatam abhistam

May Govardhana Hill, which by Krishna’s mercy became the king of all mountains and received the respectful tribute of its arch-enemy Indra, fulfil my desire.

madhura-mrdula-cittah prema-matraika-vittah svajana-racita-vesah prapta-sobha-visesah vividha-manimayalankaravan sarva-kalam sphuratu hrdi sa eva srila-gopaladevah

May Srila Gopaladeva, whose heart is charming and gentle, for whom pure love is the only wealth, who wears garments made by His devotees, who is splendidly handsome, and who wears many kinds of jewel ornaments, eternally appear in my heart.

mrdu-talaranya-jita-rucira-darada-prabham
kulisa-kanjari-dara-kalasa-jhasa-cihnitam
hrdi mamadhaya nija-carana-sarasiruham
madana-gopala nija-sadanam anuraksa mam

O Madana Gopala, please place Your lotus feet, which are marked with a thunderbolt, lotus, conchshell, waterpot, and fish, which eclipse all splendours, and which with soft soles have conquered Vrndavana forest, in my heart. Please protect me, for I am now Your home.

From the Puranas, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has quoted twenty verses describing a joking conversation between Radha and Krishna that took place after Krishna had killed the demon Arista. This conversation, so kindly quoted by the acarya, describes the origin of Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda, Radha’s and Krishna’s bathing ponds. The verses are as follows: